Legal Opinion
Condemnation by the Commonwealth v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1989No. Appeal No. 648 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Senior Judge Barbieri,
John E. Sandin, William K. Hamburg and Elizabeth Willison, formerly Elizabeth Baun, (Appellants) appeal an order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas sustaining the appeal of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) and vacating a report of a board of viewers.
This matter involves DOT’s condemnation for transportation purposes, of two contiguous tracts of vacant residential property in Ohio Township, Allegheny County. On October 30, 1985, DOT filed a declaration of *223taking against each parcel. One of the declarations appropriated part of a 54…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sams v. Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Rawls v. Central Bucks Joint School Building AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Valley Forge Golf Club v. Upper Merion TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Werner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Powley v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County1991