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Pauchogue Land Corp. v. Long Island State Park Commission

248 N.Y. 635 Court N.Y. Decision date 1928-07-19 English

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p. 635
Pauchogue Land Corporation, Appellant, v. Long Island State Park Commission et al., Respondents.

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Eminent domain — real property — State — lawful appropriation of private property for park purposes.
Pauchogue Land Corp. v. Long Island State Park Comm., 223 App. Div. 733 , affirmed.
(Argued June 13, 1928;
decided July 19, 1928.)
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered March 5, 1928, affirming' a judgment in favor of plaintiff for nominal damages, entered upon a verdict. The action was to enjoin waste and continuing trespass by the defendants in seizing by alleged illegal appropriation proceedings the plaintiff’s property for park purposes.
p. 636
Martin A. Schenck, Joseph S. Auerbach, William H. Robbins and Murray C. Bernays for appellant.
Walter H. Pollak, Carl S. Stern, G. Frank Dougherty, Ruth I. Wilson and George D. Carrington for respondents.

Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the ground that the property in suit has been lawfully appropriated. ( 243 N. Y. 15 .)

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ.

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