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VERNOOY v. STATE OF NEW YORK

135 Misc.2d 79 (1987)

Peter G. Vernooy et al., Claimants, v. State of New York, Defendant. (Claim No. 71295.)

Court of Claims.

March 25, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Donnell, Fox, Gartner & Sobolewski, P. C. (William G. O'Donnell and Ginny L. Goldman of counsel), for claimants. Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Eugene Z. Grenz of counsel), for defendant.

DONALD J. CORBETT, JR., J.

On September 21, 1968, claimants Vernooy and Davidson, then both 15 years of age, were swimming in Lake Champlain off the shore of Crab Island when they discovered two rare Georgian bronze cannon.

These cannon are very rare historical artifacts, cast in Woolrich, England, by Andrew Schalch, a Swiss, for King George II in 1748. They were transported to the colonies to aid the...

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