DENES v. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COM'N


547 Pa. 152 (1997)

689 A.2d 219

In re Condemnation by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission of 1.169 Acres in Fee Simple, in Big Beaver Borough, Beaver County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the Beaver Valley Expressway Project. Edward and Lorraine DENES, Appellants, v. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Boyle, Hugh F. McGough, Pittsburgh, for Edward and Lorraine Denes.

Samuel P. Kamin, Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.


OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission took Edward and Lorraine Denes' property pursuant to its eminent domain power. The Denes appeal a Commonwealth Court Order that reversed the trial court's award of damages under the Assembled Economic Unit Doctrine. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the Commonwealth Court's decision.

The Denes owned 1.169 acres of land and a one-story garage in Beaver County, Pennsylvania...

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