Arnold v. Allegheny County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The county appeals from plaintiff landowner’s judgment for damages resulting from the construction of a highway over plaintiff’s land. Part of the land was occupied by a lessee with an unexpired term of 55 months. The jury of view made awards to owner and to the tenant from which appeals were taken to the common pleas. The appeals were tried together by order of the court made on the petition of the county pursuant to the Act of July 1, 1937, P. L. 2667, 26 PS section 44. The title is: “An Act Regulating the hearing before boards of view and jury trials, and the…