Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Land Condemnation Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 24, 1943No. Appeals, 42 and 43PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Me. Justice Linn,
These appeals involve a claim for compensation for land taken for the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission exists pursuant to the Act of May 21, 1937, P. L. 774, 36 PS section 652 (a) et seq. It is, as section 4 provides, “. . . . an instrumentality of the Commonwealth” created for the purpose of locating, constructing and maintaining a state highway between designated points on terms specified. On October 10, 1938, the Commission adopted a location over the land involved, title to which was “vested in the Commonwealth” but which was occupied…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hunter v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- City of Trenton v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Commonwealth v. MoirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
- Philadelphia v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1870
- Board of Comm'rs of Tippecanoe Cty. v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Rader v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Specter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Chester County v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Lakewood Memorial Gardens, Inc. AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Hunter v. McKlveenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
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