Legal Opinion
County of Beaver v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 9, 1977No. Appeal, No. 992 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
On January 27,1969 the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) ordered Beaver County (County) to compensate landowners for property taken to construct a highway overpass designed to eliminate a railroad crossing in the County’s Borough of Rochester. The County did not appeal this order. Following completion of the overpass, the Penn Central Transportation Company (Penn Central) requested compensation from the County for certain property taken for the project, but the County refused payment on the basis that the 1969 PUC order did not require it to compensate the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Springfield Township Commissioners v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
3Cited by4 opinions
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