Legal Opinion
Ristvey v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 11, 2012PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge McGINLEY.
Michael Ristvey, Jr., (Mr. Ristvey) Nancy K. Ristvey, Nedra J. Lewis, and Chester B. Scholl, Jr. (Appellants) appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County (trial court) which sustained the Preliminary Objections of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) and dismissed Appellants’ Petition for Appointment of Viewers.
Appellants owned 23 acres of vacant, residentially-zoned land on the eastern side of Pennsylvania State Route 18 in Hermitage, Pennsylvania (Property). In 2001, the Commonwealth acquired 8,500 square feet of the Property…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wolf v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Hill v. City of BethlehemCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Estate of Blose Ex Rel. Blose v. Borough of PunxsutawneyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Reilly v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- In re Condemnation by the Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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