County of Bucks v. .800 Acres of Land

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

*450This is an appeal from a decision of -the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County awarding delay compensation to the appellees from the date of the filing of the declaration of taking. We reverse, finding that the lower court erred in holding that possession by the appellant County of Bucks was not necessary to effectuate a taking of the property involved.

This condemnation proceeding arises under the provisions of the Eminent Domain Code, Act of June 22, 1964, Special Sess., P.L. 84, as amended, 26 P.S. §1-101 et seq. (Code). It involves two parcels of land in…