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- Title: Richard W. Wolfe v. State New York
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 06, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
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[22 N.Y.2d 292 Page 293] The claimant owned some 156 acres of land in the Town of Chenango. On the east of the property was Front Street, a main
north-south highway, constituting for part of its length U. S. Route 11 and N.Y. Route 12. The only access to the claimant's
land on Front Street was available through an area having a 51-foot frontage on that thoroughfare. The property also extended
some 4,100 feet along Dorman Road, a county road running west from Front Street. However, for most of this distance, a deep
ravine -- at some places 80 feet deep and 200 feet wide -- cut off access to the claimant's land on this Dorman frontage.
In February of 1962, the State appropriated, for highway purposes (Highway Law, § 30, subd. 6), .9 acres in fee and two permanent
easements .7 acres in area.1 After reciting that the "[permanent] easements" were for the purpose of "constructing, reconstructing
and maintaining thereon drainage ditches and drainage structures together with [22 N.Y.2d 292 Page 294]