In re Condemnation by the Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
In this matter we are called upon to determine whether the title to section 3 of the Act of December 7, 1979, P.L. 478, No. 1979-100 (“Act 1979-100”), 71 P.S. § 513(e), violates Article III, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. On April 25, 1984, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (“Commonwealth”) filed a Declaration of Taking in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to acquire a fee simple interest in approximately 50% of appellees’ property. Such condemnation was necessary for the construction of a limited access highway…
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