Hunterfly Realty Corp. v. State

This rather unique claim arises out of the alleged conversion by the State of a certain mastodon skeleton, unearthed on land allegedly owned by the claimant.

Claimant was the fee owner of certain property in the Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York . The State pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 30 of the Highway Law filed a certain map in the office of the Secretary of State on July 5,1967, appropriating certain lands which were to be used in the construction of a portion of Interstate Route 84. The State through its contractors entered upon claimant’s property sometime prior to April…