Seltzer v. Commonwealth

Dalton, J.,

This is an eminent domain proceeding which arose out of the widening of a State highway. Two separate petitions for the appointment of viewers to assess damages for the appropriation of land from contiguous parcels were filed in the court of quarter sessions to nos. 2 and 3, September term, 1942. At the hearing before the viewers it was agreed by counsel that the lands should be considered as if owned by all of the petitioners jointly and that the viewers should make but a single award. This procedure was adopted. From the viewers’ award, however, the Commonwealth filed separate…