Legal Opinion
In Re Condemnation by the County of Lancaster
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 2006No. 2510 C.D. 2005PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SMITH-RIBNER.
The County of Lancaster (County) appeals from an order of a two-judge panel of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County that sustained preliminary objections to a declaration of taking filed by the County in regard to a strip of land that formerly was part of a railroad line known as the “Enola Branch” owned by Pennsylvania Lines LLC (PRR), running approximately twenty-three miles westward from the Lancaster/Chester County border. PRR was a subsidiary of Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and was merged into Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Buffalo Township v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Hayfield Northern Railroad v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- New Mexico v. United States Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Brookbank v. Benedum-Trees Oil Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Lacy v. East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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3Cited by4 opinions
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