In re Condemnation of Lands in the Second Ward ex rel. Sewer Authority

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, striking condemnors petition to discontinue the condemnation proceeding. We affirm.

On July 17, 1985, condemnor, Scranton Sewer Authority, filed a Declaration of Taking condemning a certain parcel of property owned by condemnee, Riebe Construction Company. The purpose of said condemnation was to provide for ingress and egress in order to repair and maintain the Sewer Authority’s regulators.

On October 23, 1987, more than two years after the Declaration of Taking, the condemnor filed…