Urban Redevelopment Authority v. Benkovitz

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

In the instant matter, we have consolidated two separate appeals from an eminent domain order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. The order here involved, dated March 6,1981, decreed that the condemnee was entitled to delay compensation, or “detention damages,” calculated from May 14, 1976. The same order also directed the condemnor to pay the condemnee, as a reasonable attorney fee, a sum equal to 40% of the total award for damages.

The first appeal, No. 863 C.D. 1981, is by the condemnee, Morris Benkovitz. In his appeal, Benkovitz asserts that the…