Starkey v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

The plaintiffs, instituted this action in Equity in which they claimed a reversionary interest in certain lands taken by the City in eminent domain proceedings.

The plaintiffs contended that the City never acquired a fee simple title but only a base or determinable fee; that the lands were condemned for airport purposes and are now not used for airport or any other public purpose; that the City now proposes to convey the lands to private persons for private industrial purposes and has therefore abandoned any public use of these lands; and that the limited or base fee…