Long v. Commonwealth

Knight, P. J.,

Plaintiffs are the owners of certain premises fronting on route 197, being the Skippaek Turnpike, in the Township of Whitpain, Montgomery County.

*703In 1938, the Governor of Pennsylvania approved a plan for widening and improving said route 197. The plan showed that from four to five feet of land would be appropriated and taken, along the front of plaintiffs’ property.

Plaintiffs and the Commonwealth were unable to agree as to the amount of damages to be awarded plaintiffs for the taking, whereupon a petition was presented to the court of quarter sessions for the appointment of a…