Rothenberger Et Ux. v. Reading City

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sadler,

The City of Reading found it necessary to construct an impounding dam so that its water supply might be enlarged. Surveyors were employed to determine the lands affected by the proposed enterprise, which extended along a stream known as Maiden Creek for a distance of more than ten miles. For several years these investigators continued their examinations, and the proposed taking of all that was necessary became known to the owners of land in the community. In all seventy-five farms and more than four hundred smaller tracts were damaged, and these were, from time to…