
    George S. Covel et al., Appellants, v. State of New York, Respondent. In the Matter of George S. Covel et al., Appellants, v. Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of the State of New York, Respondent, and New York State Thruway Authority, Appellant.
    (Claim No. 45736.)
    Argued December 10, 1969;
    decided January 8, 1970.
    
      
      John T. DeGraff and William F. Conway for petitioners-claimants-appellants.
    
      John R. Davison and Charles S. Woolsey for New York State Thruway Authority, appellant.
    
      Loms J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Grace K. Banoff and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondents.
   Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Breitel and Jasen. Taking no part: Judge Gibson.  