Fick v. Pennsylvania R. R.

Citations

• 157 Pa. 622
• 27 A. 783
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1463

Syllabus

<p>Railroads — Negligence—Waters—Gulverl—Ordinary floods.</p> <p>In constructing a culvert over a natural water course, a railroad company is only bound to provide for ordinarily high water, and not for extraordinary freshets. It is also bound to maintain the culvert in such a condition that its capacity will be sufficient to carry away the water in ordinary but not in extraordinary floods. The sufficiency of the culvert is a question for the jury.</p>