Linton v. Armstrong Water Co.

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 172
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 286

Syllabus

<p>Water companies — Injuries to land — Laying water pipes — Damages.</p> <p>In an action of trespass against a water company to recover damages for depreciation in the value of land caused by the laying of permanent water pipes, the measure of damages is the difference in value of the land before and after the water company dug the ditch and laid the pipes.</p> <p>Such damages do not follow a conveyance of the land, but they may be assigned by the original owner to the purchaser of the land.</p>