Olson & French, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Jones,

The Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, acting pursuant to statutory authority * condemned, for State Park purposes as part of the Independence Mall project, the premises located at 20 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, upon which was erected a five-story building with basement. The property was owned and occupied by Olson & French, Inc., as a warehouse for the storage of cotton goods, dealt in by the owner at wholesale.

A board of view awarded the owner $37,800 as damages for the property which was taken in its entirety. The Commonwealth appealed the…