New York Court of Claims January 15, 1920, Claim No. 885-A (First Construction Co. v. State)

Ackerson, P. J.

On or about April 12, 1912, the state of New York, pursuant to law, appropriated from the estate of William Beard certain lands and interest in lands on the shore of and under the waters of Gowanus bay, in the twelfth ward of the city of Brooklyn, said Gowanus bay being a part of New York harbor.