Deutsch v. State

Stanley, Jr., J.

Appeal by claimant from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered March 1, 1968, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. On January 18, 1966 the State of New York appropriated 7.62 acres of claimant’s land for highway purposes. Prior to the appropriation, the claimant’s property consisted of about 38 acres of land situate in Cooks Falls, Delaware County. Route 17 crossed the property from east to west, and separated the land into two parcels with 13 acres being north of Route 17 and 25 acres being south thereof. On the 25-acre parcel there was located a four-story frame hotel,…