Merner v. Department of Highways

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,. The question in this case is one of jurisdiction. The plaintiffs, a husband and wife, filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County their bill in equity in which they averred their ownership of real estate located within the county and that the defendants, pursuant to a common plan for highway improvement and school property grading, had changed and diverted the natural flow of drainage water onto the plaintiffs’ property with resultant serious and continually increasing damage thereto. The bill prayed for an injunction restraining the defendants from…