Penn Builders, Inc. v. Blair County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The secretary of highways deemed it expedient to make a diversion from Route 55 where it passes through plaintiff’s land in Blair County, thus removing a dangerous and inconvenient curve, and resulting in a relocation of the road for a short distance. By so doing the cost of maintenance would be lessened, and an easier passageway for the traveling public secured. Acting in pursuance of the authority granted by the Sproul Highway Act of May 31, 1911 (P. L. 468, section 8), as amended in 1921 (April 6, P. L. 107), a map was prepared, establishing the lines of the…