Lamb v. Pike Township

Citations

• 215 Pa. 516
• 64 A. 671
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 835

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Natural gas companies — Townships—Roads—Pipe as a danger to travel.</p> <p>Though the Act of May 29, 1885, P. L. 29, permits a natural gas company to lay its pipes “upon and over, under and across” public roads, permission is not given to such company to so lay its pipes as to make travel over public highways unsafe; nor does the act relieve township authorities from seeing that the roads under their supervision continue to be safe for public travel, notwithstanding the location of gas pipes upon them.</p> <p>If a pipe as laid on a public highway becomes a dangerous obstruction to travel, it is the duty of the township authorities to abate the danger, or to take such action as will protect the public from it when using the highway kept open as an avenue for travel, which must always be safe.</p>