Rensselaer County Agricultural & Horticultural Society v. Weatherwax

The grounds are lack of right or power to condemn, inadequacy of award, and bias of the commissioners.

The proceedings were instituted by petitioner, under section 201 of the Membership Corporations Law of 1926, to acquire ten and fifty-five one-hundredths acres of land, as necessary for its corporate purposes. The section provides that an agricultural or horticultural society may acquire real property, needed for its corporate purposes, by condemnation, upon proof of certain facts. Sufficient proof of those facts was made and petitioner may maintain the proceedings, unless the alteration or…