Waterford Electric Light, Heat & Power Co. v. State
New York Court of Claims
Claim to recover compensation for lands and flow-age rights appropriated by the state.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This claim has been filed to recover from the state of New York compensation for lands and flowage rights permanently appropriated and destroyed by the state, pursuant to chapter 147, Laws of 1903, for the Champlain canal.
The lands and flowage rights appropriated and destroyed extend along both sides of the Hudson river above tidewater for a distance of approximately two and one-half miles, forming connected and uninterrupted stretches along both sides of the river, and between their northerly and southerly limits there is a substantial slope in the river bed.
The appropriated lands were…
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2Cases cited15 opinions
- The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Economy Light & Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Morgan v. . KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- The People v. . the Canal AppraisersNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- St. Anthony Falls Water Power Company v. St. Paul Water Commissioners; Minneapolis Mill Company v. SameSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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