Rohrer v. Harrisburg

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 543
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 274

Syllabus

<p>Road law — Waters—Diversion of waters — Municipalities.</p> <p>A municipal corporation diverting the flow of surface water so that it accumulates and flows upon abutting property where it would not flow naturally is liable to the abutting owner in damages for the resulting injury-</p> <p>Where the supervisors of a township for a period of thirty years maintain a drain or gutter alongside of and within the limits of a public road, and this drain is necessary for the preservation of the road, and the portion of the township in which the road lies is annexed to a city, anti thereafter the city constructs a path across the road so as to dam up the drain or gutter, and to throw the water from the road on to the lands adjoining, the city is liable for the injury to the land.</p>