Simco Stores v. Redevelopment Authority

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

Appellants were owners and tenants of commercial properties located on the north side of the 900 block of Market Street, which were condemned by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (Authori*440ty). They seek a reversal of a Commonwealth Court decision dated April 5,1973, in which that Court, adopting the lower court’s opinion, affirmed the lower court’s order dismissing appellants’ preliminary objections to the Authority’s declaration of taking. See 8 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 374, 302 A. 2d 907 (1973) (Mencer, J., dissenting). We granted allocatur…