Legal Opinion

Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Authority v. Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 1998No. 1828 C.D. 1997PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

NARICK, Senior Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether a preservation authority may condemn property for historical, educational and recreational purposes that has been found would adverse*1150ly impact the farming in an agricultural security area.

The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad Preservation Authority (Authority) appeals from the order of the Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board (Board) that denied its request to condemn property in the Lower Chanceford Township Agricultural Security Area Preservation District (agricultural security area), owned by Elmer and Patricia Sueck…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. A. D. Graham & Co. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  2. Northwestern Lehigh School District v. Commonwealth, Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  3. Templeton v. Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Department of Transportation v. Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010

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