Greiner v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

This appeal by the Commonwealth is from judgment on a verdict for land damages in an amount which the Commonwealth agreed was fair if there was any liability at all, but which was challenged on the ground that no land was taken from the plaintiff. Whether any was taken depends on the width of the appropriation for a turnpike made long ago by Perkiomen & Reading Turn pike Company, created under the Act of March 20, 1810, P. L. 156. The question is whether a width of 50 feet or 60 feet was taken; it is not disputed that if the turnpike was 50 feet wide the plaintiff…