Legal Opinion
Goddard v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 8, 1976No. Appeal, No. 138 Misc. DocketPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
Section 702 of the Eminent Domain Code, Act of June 22, 1964, Special Sess., P.L. 84, as amended, 26 P.S. §1-702, provides that “ [t]he condemnor shall, at the hearing before the viewers, present expert testi*114mony of the amount of damages suffered by the condemnee. ’ ’
The instant appellant, the Commonwealth, by its Department of Transportation (PennDOT), took real estate of the appellee, Hazel Goddard. A Board of View was appointed and conducted a hearing at which the only person who appeared for PennDOT was an employee with the title Real Estate Specialist but who was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Harris v. Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Commonwealth v. Plasterer, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lebanon County1972