Legal Opinion
Rowland v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of General Services for the State Armory Board, Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 9, 2003PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEADBETTER.
William C. Rowland, Jr. appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, which, inter alia, sustained preliminary objections filed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services (DGS) to his Petition for the Appointment of a Jury of View. Common pleas sustained the preliminary objections because it found that Rowland failed to establish that the actions of DGS amounted to a de facto taking of his property.
The property at issue, 700 W. Baltimore Pike, Media, PA, is located in Upper Prov*897idence Township. It is over one acre in…
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