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PARSONS BROS. SLATE CO. v. COMMONWEALTH

418 Pa. 389 (1965)

Parsons Brothers Slate Company v. Commonwealth, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Specter, Assistant Attorney General, with him Michael R. Deckman, Principal Right of Way Counsel, Joseph F. Torsella and Joseph A. Klein, Assistant Attorneys General, John R. Rezzolla, Chief Counsel, and Walter E. Alessandroni, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

George F. Coffin, Jr., with him Raymond J. DeRaymond, J. Lawrence Davis, and Coffin, Grifo and DeRaymond, and Davis, Pritchard and Cassebaum, for appellees.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, June 30, 1965:

On March 9, 1961, counsel for the plaintiffs in this case, owners of certain lands in Northampton County, notified the Department of Highways, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that they would accept $65,000 in settlement of the taking of segments of those lands in connection with a Commonwealth highway project. The letter specified: "This will advise you that we, owners and lessee of said property, will accept the sum of...

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