Opinion
Argued September 28, 1978
March 14, 1979.
Argued September 28, 1978, before Judges CRUMLISH, J.R., DiSALLE and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.
Appeal, No. 1419 C.D. 1977, from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County in case of Charles E. Vile and Margaret M. Vile, his wife v. Lower Southampton Township Zoning Hearing Board, No. 76-10185-08-5.
Denial of use permit by zoning officer appealed by property owners to the Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Southampton Township. Denial affirmed. Property owners appealed to the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. Case remanded. Township appealed to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Held: Appeal dismissed.
Ronald J. Smolow, with him Groen, Von Rosenstiel, Smolow Burkett, for appellant. E. Dillwyn Darlington, with him Cadwallader, Darlington Clarke, for appellees.
On October 20, 1978, a stipulation of counsel was filed in this Court requesting that this case be dismissed for the reason that the matters raised in the appeal are now moot. It appears from the above-mentioned stipulation that the property involved in this zoning litigation has been sold by owners/appellees and no assignments have been made to the new owners. In light of the above circumstances, it is appropriate to dismiss the appeal.
Accordingly, we
ORDER
AND NOW, this 14th day of March, 1979, the appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County at No. 1419 C.D. 1977 is dismissed as moot.