Good v. Queens Run Fire Brick Co.

Citations

• 224 Pa. 496
• 73 A. 906
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 830

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Laches—Nuisance—Construction of siding on street.</p> <p>Where an industrial corporation lays a private railroad siding on a street in a residential neighborhood of a city with the municipal consent, but without the consent of an abutting landowner, and such owner makes no objection and files no bill to restrain the nuisance, but permits the operation of the siding for ten years when an additional track is laid, and the plant of the company increased at a great expense, and no objection is made to this for an additional five years, when the owner files a bill, the owner will be deemed to have been guilty of laches, his bill will be dismissed and he will be left to whatever remedy he may have at law.</p>