Snyder v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

In August, 1958, the Commonwealth, by condemnation for construction of a limited access highway, took all of appellees’ land (3 acres) located in the Borough of Churchill, Allegheny County. The property, acquired by appellees in 1950, lay between almost parallel highways, with frontage of 370 feet on the William *18Penn Highway Route 22, a major artery connecting Pittsburgh with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and frontage of 365 feet on the Northern Pike (Old Route 22). Of the tract, 1.3 acres was within the right-of-way lines of the highways and subject to an easement…