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GRAHAM FARM LAND CO. v. COMMONWEALTH

363 Pa. 571 (1950)

Graham Farm Land Company v. Commonwealth, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Stambaugh, Special Counsel, with him Thomas P. Trimble, Jr., and Thomas C. Evans, Counsel for Department of Highways, Phil H. Lewis, Deputy Attorney General and T. McKeen Chidsey, Attorney General, for appellant.

James M. Arensberg, with him Patterson, Crawford, Arensberg & Dunn, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE DREW, January 3, 1950:

In order to construct a highway known as the Penn-Lincoln Parkway, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, defendant, condemned certain lands owned by Graham Farm Land Company, plaintiff. A Board of Viewers awarded plaintiff the sum of $10,800 as compensation for the land thus taken. Plaintiff appealed that award to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County and on trial of that appeal, the jury returned a verdict of $18...

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