Nelis v. Redevelopment Authority

Opinion bt

President Judge Bowman,

Charles F. Nelis, appellant, owned a certain parcel of commercial property in the Borough of East Pitts*535burgh on which was located a building containing a hotel, restaurant and bar. The building was totally destroyed by fire in March 1967. Prior to the fire, the property with its improvements had been included in a comprehensive urban redevelopment plan, possibly as early as 1951, but formal condemnation proceedings as to individual properties in the area were not commenced until late 1966. A declaration of taking by the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny…