Legal Opinion

Zeller v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster County

Decided January 21, 1955No. 2; no. 43Published

1Opinion of the Court

Schaeffer, P. J.,

This is a rule for a new trial in a condemnation case arising from the construction of the eastern extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the northern section of Lancaster County. The viewers awarded to plaintiff the sum of $18,250. Defendant appealed and the jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $6,500.

On December 10, 1946, plaintiff, by agreement duly recorded, purchased the right to cut and remove certain standing timber on. the farm then owned by Charles E. May and- wife containing 162 acres in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pa. The agreement also *537provided…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Marine Coal Co. v. Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1914
  2. Huth v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  3. Marshall v. American Telegraph & Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901

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