Appeals generally

§ 24. Appeals generally. Either party may appeal from an order or judgment of the court of claims, or of a referee to hear and determine of such court, to the appellate division of the supreme court of the department in which the claims relating to the orders or judgments appealed, arose. The appeal from a judgment may be taken upon questions of law or of fact, or both, or for an alleged excess or insufficiency of the judgment. Upon such appeal, the court may affirm, reverse or modify the judgment granting such award and judgment as the court of claims should have granted, or dismiss the appeal or grant a new trial or remit for further proceedings. The provisions of the civil practice law and rules relating to appeals in the supreme court apply, so far as practicable, to appeals from orders or judgments of the court of claims or from orders of its referee, except as modified in this article.