Nixon Hotel, Inc. v. Redevelopment Authority

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Appellee, Redevelopment Authority, filed a declaration of taking under the Eminent Domain Code1 in Butler County to which the appellant, Nixon Hotel, Incorporated, filed preliminary objections raising the questions of the sufficiency of appellee’s bond, appellee’s right and power to take and the procedure followed by appellee, alleging bad faith, unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious action.

Following the filing of an answer to appellant’s preliminary objections, the appellant moved for a jury trial on the preliminary objections, which was granted. To this…