(A) Vito Marraro v. State New York

These four appeals, argued together, are from judgments entered upon orders of the Appellate Division, Third Department, which affirmed, modified or reversed judgments of the Court of Claims in condemnation cases. Each concerns an award to a tenant for fixtures. The appeals involve what fixtures are compensable to tenants, whether the so-called unit rule is to be applied whereby fixtures are evaluated in eminent domain only to the extent that they enhance the value of the freehold, whether claims by tenants in such instances are concluded by clauses in the leases terminating them in event of condemnation and, if not, and if the unit rule is not to be applied, what shall be the measure of damages. Before discussing these questions the cases will be tabulated so as to show, at a glance, what is involved: