Moss Rose Manufacturing Co. v. Foster

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee for property damage caused by water seepage from appellants’ underground cistern.

On November 28, 1969, the appellee was the owner of a manufacturing company which was located at Al*450legheny Avenue and Hancock Street in Philadelphia. Adjacent to his business was the manufacturing com-X>any owned and operated by the appellants. In fact, the north wall of the appellee’s plant and the south wall of the apx>ellants’ plant was a party wall. Appellants maintained a large underground cistern below the basement of…