Witt v. Steinwehr Development Corp.

Opinion bx

Me. Justice Eagen,

This is an action in equity to restrain the erection of a motor lodge or motel on land owned by the corporate defendant in the borough of Gettysburg, Adams County. After hearing, the chancellor entered an adjudication dismissing the complaint. Exceptions to the decree were likewise dismissed and a final judgment entered for the defendants. Plaintiffs appealed.

The facts, of record, are correctly summarized in the opinion of the lower court as follows: “The land in question is part of a larger tract of land originally owned by William H. Johns and conveyed by his…