Legal Opinion
Michener Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 27, 1955No. Appeal, 39PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Hoeace Steen,
The decision of the court below was correct in holding that the plaintiff is not entitled to a variance, but for a reason other than that on which the decision was predicated.
Charles W. Michener, prior to his recent death, was the owner of four lots of land having a combined frontage of 215 feet on the north side of Township Line Road and a depth of 169 feet on the east side of Bewley Road, in Haverford Township, Delaware County. A dwelling house on the property was occupied by Michener and his family for more than 30 years, but he moved away in 1952,…
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