Legal Opinion
In Re Erie Golf Course
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 2010No. 12 WAP 2009PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
In this appeal, we consider whether the Donated or Dedicated Property Act applies to the sale of a municipal golf course and park.
In 1926, lands now known as the Erie Golf Course were conveyed to the City of Erie by a private club, on the municipality’s payment of a nominal consideration of one dollar and assumption of a $15,000 mortgage. The recorded deed included a restrictive covenant, consistent with an authorizing ordinance, memorializing the City’s commitment to preserve the property, indefinitely, as a golf course and/or for park purposes. The deed also formalized…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Illinois Central Railroad v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Payne v. KassabSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Goodman AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Lurie v. Republican AllianceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Sternlicht v. SternlichtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
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