CRAWFORD v. REDEVELOPMENT AUTH.


418 Pa. 558 (1965)

Mahan, Appellant, v. Lower Merion Township.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Burke, with him Haws & Burke, for appellants.

John E. Forsythe, Township Solicitor, with him A. Gregg Jackson, and Wright, Spencer, Manning & Sagendorph, for township, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, July 20, 1965:

Plaintiffs, property owners, appealed from an order dismissing their complaint in equity for lack of jurisdiction. Appellee, on November 20, 1963, enacted an ordinance condemning premises owned by the plaintiffs for use as an historic public park and recreation area and authorized the proper officers of the township to execute a bond to secure payment of damages to the owners...

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