County of Chautauqua v. Swanson

This is a statutory condemnation proceeding, instituted and conducted under the provisions of sections 30-36 of article III of the Highway Law, by which the appellant — County of Chautauqua — acquired title to 2.43 acres, being a strip of land varying in width from 30 feet to 119 feet and which extends 1,291 feet along the westerly side of the Jamestown-Frewsburg highway. This strip was taken from the respondent-owners’ twenty-six-acre tract situated a short distance south of the city of Jamestown. Before this strip was acquired, the highway was four rods in width and within its limits, on…