Paxtowne v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jb,.,

On December 3, 1973, respondent Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (hereinafter PP&L) applied to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) for a certificate of public convenience to exercise the right of eminent domain in acquiring a 100-foot right-of-way across the property of petitioner, Paxtowne, a limited partnership, to construct and maintain an electric transmission line. Hearings were held on January 15 and March 1,1974, and again on October 26 and 27, 1977, and December 1, 1977, following an order of the Commission for additional…