BROWN v. COMMONWEALTH


399 Pa. 156 (1960)

Brown, Appellant, v. Commonwealth.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Knight, with him Foulke, Knight & Porter, for appellants.

Frank Edward Roda, Assistant Attorney General, with him John R. Rezzolla, Jr., Chief Counsel, and Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, April 18, 1960:

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County granting the Commonwealth a new trial in an eminent domain proceeding.

Appellant owned two separate tracts of land, the first of which consisted of 33.494 acres in Upper Dublin Township; the other, 19.704 acres in Lower Gwynedd Township. Appellant purchased both tracts on March 21, 1953. Both...

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