Hall v. Rine
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Snyder Co., Feb. T., 19Í3, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Minnie M. Hall and Sallie E. Hall Frantz v. Wm. B. Bine, et al., Supervisors of Chapman Township, Snyder Co. Trespass for injuries to land. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $309. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 12, March T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Snyder Co., Feb. T., 19Í3, No. 52, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Minnie M. Hall and Sallie E. Hall Frantz v. Wm. B. Bine, et al., Supervisors of Chapman Township, Snyder Co. Trespass for injuries to land. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $309. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. Township officers in repairing a highway may construct drains and culverts within the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
The plaintiffs1 charged the defendants as supervisors of Chapman Township with having “unlawfully, negligently and even maliciously” diverted water from a public highway on to the plaintiff’s land, to their prejudice. A highway known as the Meiserville Road is located on the face of a hill side and extends from the River Road to the top of the hill. The plaintiffs’ buildings are on the River Road at the end of and close to the Meiserville Road. The River Road is a “State Road.” The Meiserville Road is under the control of the supervisors of the township. It was in bad…
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