Penn Township v. Hanover Foods Corp.

OPINION BY Senior Judge KELLEY.

Penn Township (Township) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of York County (trial court) granting the petitions of Hanover Food Corporation (Hanover) to strike municipal claims that had been filed against it by the Township pursuant to the provisions of the statute commonly referred to as the Municipal Claims and Liens Act (Act). 1 We reverse the trial court’s order, and reinstate the liens.

In 1996, the Township condemned a 10-foot strip of land owned by Hanover along Ridge Avenue in the Township to make roadway and drainage improvements on…