In re the Taking by Eminent Domain of a Portion of Property Owned by the Bethany Congregation of the Presbyterian Church

SILVESTRI, J.,

The Borough of Bridgeville, herein Bridgeville, filed a declaration of taking, in fee simple, a strip of land of The Bethany Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of the Borough of Bridgeville, herein Church. The land approximates a rectangle having the following approximate dimensions: 29 feet by 277 feet by nine feet by 296 feet. The strip of land abuts Washington Avenue within Bridgeville.

The purpose of the taking is stated in the declaration of taking as . . to acquire property necessary for the widening of Washington Avenue. ...”

The Church filed preliminary objections to…