HALLOCK v. STATE OF NEW YORK


64 N.Y.2d 224 (1984)

Carlton G. Hallock et al., Respondents, v. State of New York et al., Defendants, and Power Authority of State of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Pratt, Stephen L. Baum and John Lamberski for appellant.

William J. Schoonmaker, Walter L. Bellcourt and Linda S. Leary for respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


KAYE, J.

A stipulation of settlement made by counsel in open court may bind his clients even where it exceeds his actual authority.

Plaintiffs, Carlton Hallock and Seeley Phillips, in 1968 purchased a 67.7-acre tract of land in Schoharie County, about two miles from the proposed site of a dam to be built by the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY). Plaintiffs intended to sell sand and gravel...

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