In re Condemnation of 77 Acres

DOYLE, Judge.

Gwynedd Properties (Gwynedd) appeals by permission from an interlocutory order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which granted the motion of Lower Gwynedd Township (Township) for “Access, Inspection, Sampling and Evaluation” in its condemnation of 77 acres owned by Gwynedd pursuant to the Eminent Domain Code (Code).1

This case has had an involved and contentious history which began when the Township filed an eminent domain proceeding to acquire 77 acres of mature woodland owned by Gwynedd on December 30, 1987. Gwynedd filed Preliminary Objections to the Township’s…