Morning Call, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic-Pennsylvania, Inc.

BECK, J.:

¶ 1 We address the legal interest in real property that Bell Atlantic Pennsylvania, Inc. (Bell) acquired from a landowner when it placed its equipment on a building in order to provide telephone service. We find that Bell acquired an irrevocable license and affirm the trial court.

¶2 The Morning Call, Inc. (The Call) owns two properties, at 106 and 114 N. Sixth Street in Allentown, Lehigh County, both of which it purchased in 1998. In 1917, Bell attached telephone equipment to the rear walls of these properties, in order to provide them, and adjoining rowhomes, with phone service. The…