Graff v. Scanlan

DOYLE, Judge.

Bernard and Susan Seanlan and John and Elaine Norman appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County confirming a report of a Board of View finding that a private road across portions of their properties should be opened.

The underlying facts, presenting an issue of first impression for the Court, are as follows. In 1974, Elmer and Cecilia Graff purchased a forty-two acre tract of land in East Coventry Township. In 1978, the Graffs filed a subdivision plan with the Township seeking to subdivide the upper portion of the tract into nine lots known as the Bruce’s…