DIXON v. STATE OF NEW YORK


4 Misc.2d 76 (1956)

Thomas A. Dixon, Claimant, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 32729.)

Court of Claims.

September 29, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred E. Hoffmann for claimant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (Harold S. Coyne of counsel), for defendant.


CHARLES T. MAJOR, J.

This is a claim to recover damages for an appropriation of lands on the Onondaga Indian Reservation by the State for the reconstruction of a State highway.

The Onondaga Indian Tribe differs from any other tribes of the country inasmuch as it still retains tribal customs and laws. The lands on the reservation are owned by the whole tribe as communal property. The tribe originally assigned...

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