Wood v. City of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Robert T. Wood (appellant) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting the City of Pittsburgh’s (city) request for a preliminary injunction restraining appellant from occupying or using his apartment building1 in violation of the city’s Building Code requirement that *452buildings of appellant’s type have two means of egress from each story.2

On January 1981, the city filed a Complaint in Equity requesting preliminary and permanent injunctions enjoining appellant from occupying, altering or using the subject property in violation of…