Boyertown Burial Casket Co. v. State

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Boyertown Burial Casket Co. v. State

38 A.D.2d 624, 326 N.Y.S.2d 826, 1971 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2740

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedDecember 13, 1971

DocketClaim No. 49935

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Boyertown Burial Casket Co. v. State, 38 A.D.2d 624, 326 N.Y.S.2d 826, 1971 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2740 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1971).

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Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered July 13, 1970, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. The State has appropriated a 30-foot strip of land across the approximate 150-foot frontage of claimant’s property which is located on 'Broadway in Menands in a highly developed high-grade commercial area. The land is improved with a large two-story brick building designed for the preparation, display and sale of burial caskets. The court found the property was not a specialty and awarded claimant total damages of $27,839; $7,550 for direct damages, $19,839 for consequential damages and $450 for a temporary easement. There is no dispute concerning the amount of direct damages and the temporary easement on this appeal. The State contends There is no basis for the award of consequential damages, whereas claimant asserts that the award for such damages is inadequate. The court found a reduction in the value of the,building from $1.35 per square foot to $1.25, but did not explain the basis for its award of consequential damages. The record, in our opinion, does not substantiate the amount arrived at by the court for consequential damages. There is, however, sufficient proof in the record to justify am award of $5,250, which amount represents the cost of resurfacing a parking area of sufficient size to restore the parking spaces lost by the appropriation. The expense of such restoration seems reasonable and proper to meet the [625]*625damage caused by the taldng and is awarded under a cost of cure theory (cf. Avon Park v. State of New York, 33 A D 2d 828, app. dsmd. 26 N Y 2d 839). Consequently, the award for damages must be reduced to $13,250. Judgment modified, on the law and the facts, so as to reduce the award for damages to $13,250, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs. Staley, Jr., J. P., Greenblott, 'Cooke, Sweeney and Simons, JJ., concur.

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Cross appeals from a judgment in favor of claimant, entered July 13, 1970, upon a decision of the Court of Claims. The State has appropriated a 30-foot strip of land across the approximate 150-foot frontage of claimant’s property which is located on 'Broadway in Menands in a highly developed high-grade commercial area. The land is improved with a large two-story brick building designed for the preparation, display and sale of burial caskets. The court found the property was not a specialty and awarded claimant total damages of $27,839; $7,550 for direct damages, $19,839 for consequential damages and $450 for a temporary easement. There is no dispute concerning the amount of direct damages and the temporary easement on this appeal. The State contends There is no basis for the award of consequential damages, whereas claimant asserts that the award for such damages is inadequate. The court found a reduction in the value of the,building from $1.35 per square foot to $1.25, but did not explain the basis for its award of consequential damages. The record, in our opinion, does not substantiate the amount arrived at by the court for consequential damages. There is, however, sufficient proof in the record to justify am award of $5,250, which amount represents the cost of resurfacing a parking area of sufficient size to restore the parking spaces lost by the appropriation. The expense of such restoration seems reasonable and proper to meet the [625]*625damage caused by the taldng and is awarded under a cost of cure theory (cf. Avon Park v. State of New York, 33 A D 2d 828, app. dsmd. 26 N Y 2d 839). Consequently, the award for damages must be reduced to $13,250. Judgment modified, on the law and the facts, so as to reduce the award for damages to $13,250, and, as so modified, affirmed, without costs. Staley, Jr., J. P., Greenblott, 'Cooke, Sweeney and Simons, JJ., concur.

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