Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania February 11, 1983, Appeal, 1560 C.D. 1981 (Merlin v. Commonwealth)

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

By way of preliminary objection in this eminent domain case, Irvin Merlin challenged the formal condemnation of his property by Lower Merion Township in 1975 on the ground that its adoption of a floodplain ordinance in 1973 had earlier constituted a de facto taking of his unimproved lots, thereby entitling him to have compensation computed as of, and from, 1973.