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SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT v. PHILA

413 Pa. 348 (1964)

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, Appellant, v. Philadelphia.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 8, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanuel Friedman, for appellant.

Matthew W. Bullock, Jr., Deputy City Solicitor, with him Augustus R. Sigismondi, Assistant City Solicitor, James L. Stern, Second Deputy City Solicitor, and Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 8, 1964:

The plaintiffs in this case, The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People, owned, prior to April 14, 1954, some 71 acres of land fronting on Byberry Street and along Poquessing Creek, in the county of Philadelphia. On that date the City of Philadelphia by appropriate ordinance condemned 11.216 acres of the tract for the purpose of laying an intercepting or collecting sewer through the property...

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