Earl M. Kerstetter, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bok,

This is the Commonwealth’s appeal from what it considers an excessive judgment for compensation in an eminent domain case.

The facts are that appellee signed an agreement of sale for 9% acres of land in the Borough of Pottstown on February 3, 1956, and at settlement held on April 24, 1956, received a deed for it. On August 30, 1956, the Commonwealth condemned 3.2 acres, isolating and rendering useless .84 acre and leaving appellee 5.7 acres. The reason for condemnation was the extension *170of Route !100. On August 81, 1956, appellee’s revised plot plan, showing a…