Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Beamer

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) appeals here from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County which ordered that two contiguous parcels of land condemned in part by DOT must be treated as one parcel for the purpose of assessing damages.1 Although we are not in agreement with all of that Count’s rationale, for the reasons set forth below we will affirm.2

*493The Beamers were married in 1950.3 In 1956, Henry J. Beamer purchased a tract of land approximately one acre in area. In 1970, the Beamers as tenants by the entireties purchased a…