Kaufer v. Beccaris

WIEAND, Judge:

John Beccaris has conducted a retail shoe business since 1946 on lots Nos. 1 to 5 South Main Street, Plains, Luzerne County, and has owned the real estate since 1956. On adjoining land at Nos. 7 to 11 Main Street, a retail hardware business, known as Kaufer Brothers, has been conducted since 1929. These lots were purchased in 1953 by Simon and Frieda Kaufer, husband and wife; and Frieda Kaufer, *3following her husband’s death, continues to be record owner of the land. The hardware business has been conducted by her son, Irvin, and his wife, Carolyn, since 1954 pursuant to a lease…