SIMPSON v. PA. TURNPIKE COM.


384 Pa. 335 (1956)

Simpson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Gawthrop, with him Harry C. Pepper, Edward Springer, Deputy Attorney General and Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, for appellant.

Joseph Neff Ewing, with him Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr., for appellees.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, March 13, 1956:

This appeal grows out of the condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of a portion of the plaintiffs' farm in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, for use in the construction, operation and maintenance of the Turnpike's eastern extension highway. On petition of the plaintiffs the court below appointed viewers who, after a view and hearing, awarded the plaintiffs $15,500 damages. The Commission appealed

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