Bigham v. City of Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Sawmill Kun is a natural water-course which flows through the City of Pittsburgh for a distance of about three and one-half miles and drains a considerable part of its territory. Many years ago it was adopted by the city as an open sewer: Shaughnessy v. Pittsburgh, 20 Pa. Superior Ct. 609, 611; and has been used and maintained as such ever since. In its course through the City of Pittsburgh it was accustomed to flow within the lines of Wilmerding Street, as laid out (though not opened); but for the last four or five years, obstructions have been allowed to accumulate and…