New York Court of Appeals October 26, 1967, Claim 45318 (Whitmier & Ferris Co. v. State of New York)

Van Voorhis, J.

Claimant leased various properties adjacent to the Thruway for the purpose of constructing and maintaining advertising signs. These signs, when they were erected, were more than 500 feet distant from the nearest edge of the pavement of the Thruway and, therefore, were not forbidden by section 361-a of the Public Authorities Law when it was enacted by chapter 593 of the Laws of