French Creek Dam

Citations

• 15 Pa. Super. 57
• 1900 Pa. Super. LEXIS 300

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Fish law — Dam sold by commonwealth — Act of 1803.</p> <p>A dam on a navigable stream, a public highway, erected by the commonwealth and by it sold to private parties under the Act of April 9, 1849, P. L. 765, is exempted from the provisions of the act of March 21, 1803, 4 Bioren’s Laws, 20, as to the preservation of a passage for fish if the dam is maintained in the same manner as when sold to defendant’s predecessors by the commonwealth.</p>