Legal Opinion

Chiorazzi v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 2, 1963No. Appeal, 145PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

The plaintiff-appellant was awarded $32,600 by a jury for taking the major part of his land, 68,660 square feet, (less than two acres) in State College Borough, Centre County, Pennsylvania, by the State Highway Department for a clover-leaf intersection in the highway. $4,600 was awarded for. detention damages and $28,000 for actual damages. Plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied by the Court.

The errors alleged are: (1) The trial Judge erred in excluding the testimony of appellant as to a con templated apartment house project. (2) The trial…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Schuster v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  2. Mazur v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Berkley v. JeannetteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
  4. Earl M. Kerstetter, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Stoner v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  2. KEARNS BY KEARNS v. DeHaasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Morrissey v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
  4. Felix v. Baldwin-Whitehall School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Lewis v. Urban Redevelopment AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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