Opinion
November 14, 1951.
Appeal from Court of Claims, Nassau County.
Present — Foster, P.J., Heffernan, Brewster, Bergan and Coon, JJ.
The land taken was a triangular piece on the northwest corner of the North Hempstead Turnpike and the Middle Neck Road. The premises from which it was taken were used as a gasoline station by claimant. The frontage on both highways was substantially reduced, and also the pump capacity. Easy access to the station was materially reduced. The Court of Claims found the market value of the land taken to have been $7,500; consequential damages in the sum of $10,000 and $2,240 as the cost of removing and relocating gasoline pumps, etc. The evidence sustains these findings. Judgment unanimously affirmed, with costs.