Legal Opinion
Tinicum Township v. Jones
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 15, 1998PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.
Barbara Jones, Dorothy Kallenbach, Marian Meyer and estate of Marian Schaefer (collectively Owners) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County entering judgment in favor of Tinicum Township (Township) in an action in equity and enjoining the Owners from conveying two adjoining lots as separate lots.
The following facts found by the trial court are undisputed. In 1945, Peter and Marian Schaefer (the Schaefers) purchased a .897-acre lot (Lot 1) and built their residence thereon. In 1971, the Township enacted subdivision and zoning ordinances…
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