Adams v. Ford

Citations

• 3 Pa. Super. 239
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5

Syllabus

<p>Nuisance — Abatement—-Power of board of health. -</p> <p>The board of health in Philadelphia has final jurisdiction in determining the fact of nuisances which it orders to be removed.</p> <p>A privy well may or may not be a nuisance per sé according to circumstances, and the board of health has power to determine the character of such wells and to direct the necessary things to be done in order to prevent its becoming or remaining a nuisance. If cleaning the well does not abate the nuisance the board may take the next step and order the well to be filled up.</p>