Zimmerman v. Union Canal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
APPEAL from the decision of the Quarter Sessions of Lebanon county. Jacob Zimmerman against The Union-Canal Company. At January sessions 1840, the plaintiff presented his petition to the court setting forth that he was seised of a tract of 140 acres of land, &c., in Anville township, Lebanon county, which had been injured by the erection of a dam, constructed by the defendants for their works, whereby the water was swelled upon the plaintiff’s land, and a fording adjoining…
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APPEAL from the decision of the Quarter Sessions of Lebanon county. Jacob Zimmerman against The Union-Canal Company. At January sessions 1840, the plaintiff presented his petition to the court setting forth that he was seised of a tract of 140 acres of land, &c., in Anville township, Lebanon county, which had been injured by the erection of a dam, constructed by the defendants for their works, whereby the water was swelled upon the plaintiff’s land, and a fording adjoining the same, which he was accustomed and entitled to use, was injured. He laid his seisin as of the 13th of March 1837, and…
1Per curiam
The opinion of the President of the Quarter Sessions is so full on all the points involved, and it so accurately expresses the sentiments of this court, that we deem it sufficient to refer to it for our reasons in holding that the inquisition was properly set aside.
Judgment affirmed.
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