Bowers v. Citizens' Water Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 3, July T., 1894, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Fayette Co., March T., 1893, No. 275, on verdict for plaintiff, William Bowers. Appeal from report of viewers assessing damages for the taking of water. Before Mestrezat, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 3, July T., 1894, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Fayette Co., March T., 1893, No. 275, on verdict for plaintiff, William Bowers. Appeal from report of viewers assessing damages for the taking of water. Before Mestrezat, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Plaintiff’s points were as follows: “ 1. In estimating the plaintiff’s damages the jury may consider the use to which the property may be put, and if that property, by reason of its location or some special use to which it may be put, may be worth more -for that particular use (as gardening for…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
In the spring of 1891 the defendant company built a dam across Greenlick run about forty feet high and six or seven hundred feet in length, and thereby created a permanent reservoir for the accumulation of water for the supply of the borough of Scottdale. The whole stream was appropriated to this purpose, The company also laid pipes from the reservoir to the borough *11twelve inches in diameter, and commenced using the water in the latter part of the year 1891, and continued to do so until the filing of the petition for the appointment of viewers in this case in January, 1898. These…
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