Porter v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

This appeal arises from an eminent domain action to determine the just compensation payable to Robert C. Sechan [appellant-condemnee], trading and doing business as Sechan Limestone, and to Francis H. Porter *464and Katherine E. Porter, his wife [condemnees], for the taking of property located in Butler County. On March 11, 1963 the Commonwealth of Pa., Dept, of Highways [now Dept, of Transportation] condemned, for the construction of a limited access highway, approximately 11 acres of a 46 acre tract owned by the Porters. Five months before the condemnation, on…