Case Name: Louis Gabriel et al., Individually and as the Surviving Tenant by the Entirety of Antonio Gabriel, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant; Gabriel's Food Center, Inc., Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1966-07-14
Citations: 26 A.D.2d 735
Docket Number: Claim No. 39572; Claim No. 39573
Parties: Louis Gabriel et al., Individually and as the Surviving Tenant by the Entirety of Antonio Gabriel, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. Gabriel’s Food Center, Inc., Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 735–736

Head Matter:
Louis Gabriel et al., Individually and as the Surviving Tenant by the Entirety of Antonio Gabriel, Deceased, Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. Gabriel’s Food Center, Inc., Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant.
(Claim No. 39572.)
(Claim No. 39573.)

Opinion:
Herlihy, J. P.
Appeal by the State from a judgment and award of the Court of Claims in claim No. 39573 of $55,200 and in claim No. 39572 of $35,700 in favor of claimants for direct and consequential damages resulting from a highway appropriation by the State. With respect to claim No. 39573, the entire parcel was taken and the award was based on $200 per front foot for a front footage of 276 feet, amounting to $55,200. The State argues that there was no basis for such an award, but the front-foot value adopted by the trial court is within the range of the claimants' proof and accordingly should be affirmed. With respect to claim No. 39572, we find that the award is within the range of the values testified to by the claimants' appraiser as -to before and after values. That the testimony of the claimants' appraiser is at one point apparently contradictory, as contended here by the appellant, does not prevent the court from considering the valuation of the appraiser in arriving at a decision and award since the figures accepted are supported by the record. Judgments affirmed, with costs. Reynolds, Taylor, Aulisi and Staley, Jr., JJ., concur.