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IN RE CONDEMNATION BY THE PA. TURNPIKE COM.

1 Pa.Commw. 66 (1970)

In Re: Condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of 79.42 Acres of Land in Jefferson Township, Somerset County and in Cook and Donegal Townships, Westmoreland County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Fee Simple, Together With 0.61 Acre in Easement.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simon K. Uhl, Local Counsel, with him George H. Shaffer, Assistant Counsel, Jay R. Braderman, Assistant General Counsel, and John R. Rezzolla, Counsel, for appellant Turnpike Commission.

Albert M. Nichols, with him John F. Dent and Irving L. Bloom, for appellees.

Argued October 20, 1970, before President Judge BOWMAN, and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MANDERINO, MENCER and BARBIERI.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., filed December 31, 1970:

On June 5, 1962, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, exercising its authority of eminent domain, condemned, inter alia, 80.03 acres of land in a swath through 4,300 acres of land owned by members of the D. Hall Blair family.1 The condemnation, for the Laurel Hill Tunnel by-pass of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, completely severed the Blairs' land into two unconnected tracts

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