60 Pa. Super. 401 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1915
Opinion by
The plaintiffs1 charged the defendants as supervisors of Chapman Township with having “unlawfully, negligently and even maliciously” diverted water from a public highway on to the plaintiff’s land, to their prejudice. A highway known as the Meiserville Road is located on the face of a hill side and extends from the River Road to the top of the hill. The plaintiffs’ buildings are on the River Road at the end of and close to the Meiserville Road. The River Road is a “State Road.” The Meiserville Road is under the control of the supervisors of the township. It was in bad condition in 1912, and had been so for a long time. Water from the upper side of the road had been flowing down the middle of the road and so washing the traveled track as to make
The judgment is reversed.