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TAYLOR v. STATE OF NEW YORK

302 N.Y. 177 (1951)

Thomas L. Taylor et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 28330.) William Moltion et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 28266.) Clifford B. Black et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 28481.) Mary W. Harvey, Respondent, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 28509.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 18, 1951

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Henry S. Manley and Wendell P. Brown of counsel), for appellant in first above-entitled action.

Albert Averbach for respondents in first above-entitled action.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Henry S. Manley and Wendell P. Brown of counsel), for appellant in second above-entitled action.

Raymond M. Bush for respondents in second above-entitled action.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Henry S. Manley and Wendell P. Brown of counsel), for appellant in third and fourth above-entitled actions.

Albert Averbach and Irving S. Devorsetz for respondents in third and fourth above-entitled actions.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

DESMOND, J.

All of the above-entitled claims against the State are for damages caused by the flooding of Oneida Lake, one of the "Finger Lakes" in central New York. The Taylor and Moltion claims relate to a flood in October, 1945, and the Black and Harvey cases to a flood in the spring of 1947. All the claimants own cottages on the shore of the lake, which is some 20 miles long, 4 to...

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