Lewiston v. State

Appeals held and matter remitted to the Court of Claims for further proceedings in accordance with the memorandum. Memorandum: The State appeals from a judgment of award of the Court of Claims and an order refusing to vacate it on the ground that the State is vulnerable to double payment for subtenents’ interest in the leasehold and trade fixtures. The claimants, owners of the fee, cross-appeal on the ground that the award is inadequate. We find no merit to the cross appeal. This appropriation involves a four-story brick building in Buffalo, known as the Corine Hotel, which the fee-owner…