Case Name: Roderick Hoctor et al., Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant
Court: New York Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1951-02-08
Citations: 199 Misc. 82
Docket Number: Claim No. 30230
Parties: Roderick Hoctor et al., Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 199
Pages: 82–82

Head Matter:
Roderick Hoctor et al., Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant.
(Claim No. 30230.)
Court of Claims,
February 8, 1951.
W. Franklin Ness and Wortley Paul for claimant.
Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Frank M. Noonan of counsel), for defendant.

Opinion:
Byak, J.
In making its award in this case the court has given consideration to all of the material testimony offered in order to arrive at the greatest value which claimants are entitled to receive for any available use to which their lands may be put. (Matter of City of Rochester [Smith St. Bridge], 234 App. Div. 583.) However, the court is unable to award damages based on loss of business conducted by Mr. Hoctor or for loss of his profits therein or for reduction of earnings occasioned by the restriction of his activities as a fisherman's guide. (Mitchell v. United States, 267 U. S. 341; Banner Milling Co. v. State of New York, 240 N. Y. 533; Burdick v. State of New York, 276 App. Div. 1052.)