BROWNFIELD v. PennDOT

No. 1598 C.D. 1975.

26 Pa.Commw. 308 (1976)

Brownfield, Lee F., Jr. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. McCormick, Special Assistant Attorney General, with him Robert W. Cunliffe, Deputy Attorney General, and Robert P. Kane, Attorney General, for appellant.

William M. Radcliffe, with him Ira B. Coldren, Jr., and Coldren & Coldren, for appellee.

Argued May 4, 1976, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT. Judge KRAMER did not participate.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, September 14, 1976:

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation (PennDOT) from an order of the State Mining Commission (Commission) awarding damages to Lee F. Brownfield, Jr. for the taking of coal located underneath property owned by him in Fayette County.

Section 1 of the Act of June 1, 1933 (Act), P.L. 1409, as amended, 52 P.S. § 1501 provides, inter alia, as follows:

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