McGaffic v. City of New Castle

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.1

Robert McGaffic (as executor of his mother’s estate and in his own right) and George Love (collectively, Condemnees) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County (trial court) that denied Condemnees’ contract claim against the City of New Castle. Con-demnees are the prior owners of the Centennial Building, a commercial building in downtown New Castle, Pennsylvania, which lost its value in the course of New Castle’s urban renewal program. Accordingly, Condemnees successfully obtained a judgment against the Redevelopment Authority of New Castle for a…