Bridgewater Borough v. Beaver Borough
Citations
- 269 Pa. 27
- 112 A. 232
- 1920 Pa. LEXIS 750
Syllabus
<p>Municipalities — Streets—Flow of water from one borough to another — Damnum absque injuria.</p> <p>Every municipality has the right to the natural, proper and profitable use of its land, and to open, grade and improve its streets, and if, in the course of such use without negligence, unavoidable loss is brought upon an adjoining borough, through an 'increased flow of water with sand, gravel and stones, it is damnum absque injuria.</p>
Judges: Brown, Frazer, Kephart, Moschzisker, Simpson, Stewart, Walling
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