State Hospital for Criminal Insane v. Consolidated Water Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 158, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from decree of C. P. Wayne Co., June T., 1917, No. 1, on bill in equity in case of State Hospital for the Insane v. Consolidated Water Supply Co. Bill in equity for injunction and for damages. Before Smith, P. J., specially presiding. The court entered a decree in accordance with the prayers of the bill, and awarded damages in the sum of $3,600. Defendant appealed. Érror assigned, among others, was decree of court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschizisker,
The State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, located in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, filed a bill in equity complaining that, on September 8, 1917, the Consolidated Water Supply Company, defendant, had unlawfully opened a dam and allowed the water to escape from a certain reservoir, owned and used by plaintiff for institutional purposes; the bill prayed for an injunction and damages. Defendant filed a cross bill, and all matters sought to be put at issue were duly brought to trial. The original bill was sustained, cross bill dismissed, and the hospital awarded…
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