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Pennsylvania v. Oliphant
1 Add. 345
Pennsylvania Court of Common P...
1797
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INDICTMENT for a nuisance in obstructing a water-course, so as to overflow an high way.

The obstruction was a dam for a forge. It did not appear, that the road had ever been laid out by any authority.

objected to going into any evidence, until a copy of the order of the court of Quarter Sessions, confirming the road, should be produced.

gave up the prosecution, and assented to a verdict of acquittal.

Case Details

Case Name: Pennsylvania v. Oliphant
Court Name: Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fayette County
Date Published: Sep 15, 1797
Citation: 1 Add. 345
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