Legal Opinion
Potis v. Coon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 2, 1985No. 02888PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, Judge:
The sole issue on appeal is whether lot owners in a subdivision acquired a private easement over an unopened road because their deeds referred to a map of the subdivision showing such road where the map was unrecorded and the lots in question did not abut on the road. We find that appellants acquired an easement over the unopened road and, accordingly, reverse.
In 1968, Samuel J. Coon and Mary N. Coon (Samuel and Mary) owned a piece of property in Ransom Township which they decided to develop into a residential subdivision. On September 5 of that year, upon Samuel’s request,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Rahn v. HessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Merrill v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Cohen v. Simpson Real Estate Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Thomas v. DeliereSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- DePIETRO v. TRIANOSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Sides v. ClelandSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Mann-Hoff v. BoyerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Hann v. SaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- In re Condemnation of Land Along Woodside Road as an Extension of Maplewood Drive in FrankstownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Buffington v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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