Board of Commissioners of McCandless Township v. Beho Development Co.

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by the Board of Commissioners of McCandless Township (Commissioners) from an order by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dated March 1, 1974, which ordered the Commissioners to change the zoning classification of a 6.7 acre tract of land owned by Albert Singer (Singer) and Ernest Roessler (Roessler), from R-2 Residential to R-3 Residential.

The record in this case indicates that at some time prior to January 16, 1973 Beho Development Company (Beho) entered into a purchase agreement, conditional upon a change in zoning classification, with…