City of Greensburg v. Cooper

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal filed by the City of Greensburg and the Zoning Officer of the City of Greensburg (appellants) from an order dated November 30, 1973, of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County dismissing a petition to open judgment filed by the appellants to an order of summary judgment in mandamus rendered in favor of Jared A. Cooper (Cooper) with Boron Oil Corporation.

For a better understanding of the result of this opinion, it will be necessary to highlight some of the historical background of the case. In October of 1955, the City of Greensburg (City)…