IN RE MONOCACY PARK, CITY OF BETHLEHEM, PA.

Civ. A. No. 25929.

181 F.Supp. 880 (1960)

In re MONOCACY PARK, CITY OF BETHLEHEM, PA. In re the Taking, Appropriation, and Acquisition, by the Right of Eminent Domain, of Lands of Harold S. Campbell, Martha M. Campbell, Harold S. Campbell, Jr., Jean D. Campbell, Kathleen L. Campbell, Jo Ann Campbell, and Irving Fox, Situate in Hanover Township, County of Northampton, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by City of Bethlehem, for the Purpose of Extending and Enlarging City's Public Park Known as Monocacy Park.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 9, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Richard P. Brown, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Daniel L. McCarthy, City Sol., Bethlehem, Pa., for City of Philadelphia.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Louis J. Goffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Irving Fox, trustee.


GRIM, District Judge.

The City of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ("City") has condemned and appropriated a tract of land1 for park purposes. No question has been raised as to the City's right to condemn or the validity of the City's condemnation ordinance. The only purpose of the litigation arising out of the condemnation is to determine the amount of damages which the City must pay for the land, and the only problem now is a dispute over the...

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