Lower Makefield Township v. Lands of Chester Dalgewicz

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

Appellant appeals the Commonwealth Court’s order affirming the trial court’s ruling that testimony regarding a bona fide offer and the underlying offer letter itself could be introduced into evidence in a condemnation valuation trial. We affirm.

Appellees owned a 166-acre farm in Lower Makefield Township. On December 6,1996, appellant condemned the property in order to build a public golf course. Appellees filed preliminary objections challenging the validity of using eminent domain for such a purpose. That issue was eventually appealed to the Commonwealth Court, which…