Espenshade Condemnation

Sohn, J.,

We have for consideration exceptions filed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Com*346mission to an award of viewers filed on January 31, 1955.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, created by the Act of May 21, 1937, P. L. 774, 36 PS §652d, was authorized by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Philadelphia Extension Act of May 16, 1940, P. L. 949, 36 PS §653a, to construct, operate and maintain a turnpike from a point at or near Middlesex in Cumberland County to a point at the City of Philadelphia. Under the provisions of the latter act, the…