Fisher v. Pittsburgh Public Parking Authority

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Bell,

This is an appeal from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas, sustaining defendant’s preliminary objections to plaintiffs’ petition for the appointment of a Board of Viewers. The question involved is whether lessees of property purchased by the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh are entitled, after the termination of their leases, to business dislocation damages under Section 609 of the Eminent Domain Code of June 22, 1964, P. L. 84, 26 P.S. 1-609.

The plaintiffs are tenants of what were commercial properties in downtown Pittsburgh. The premises which they…