Saylor v. Pennsylvania Canal Co.

Citations

• 183 Pa. 167
• 38 A. 598
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 731

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Parlies—Public corporation — Bill to enforce the performance of public duties.</p> <p>A bill in equity to enforce the performance of public duties by a corporation cannot be maintained by a private party in the absence of a special right or authority.</p> <p>A private citizen has no standing to recover damages from a canal company for failure to reconstruct a portion of its canal which was destroyed by a flood, because he was prevented from using his boat on the canal, from which use he derived a profit.</p>