Nature Conservancy, Inc. v. State

Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered December 7, 1971, upon a decision of' the Court of Claims. Claimant, a nonprofit corporation, owned a tract' of land in the Town of Bedford, Westchester County, consisting of 305.737 acres which was used as a wild life conservation sanctuary. The State appropriated 9.033 acres aloiig the easterly boundary of these premises for the purpose of constructing Interstate 484. Since this appropriation would deny access to the remaining property, a bridge was constructed across the interstate to prevent landlocking that area. Claimant’s…