Commonwealth v. Meadville Cooperative Ass'n

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This eminent domain case is before us on appeal from the lower court’s order dismissing the appellantcondemnor’s rule to show cause why a new trial should not be awarded and refusing a new trial. The appellantcondemnor had condemned appellee’s property for highway purposes. A board of view awarded damages of $93,700. The appellant-condemnor appealed to the Court of Common Pleas. A five-day jury trial ensued with a transcript of 450 pages. The jury awarded $93,500.

Appellant-condemnor filed a motion for a new trial alleging the “standard” five reasons, i.e., that the…