Schweriner v. Philadelphia

Citations

• 35 Pa. Super. 128
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 223

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Municipal improvements — Parks—Waters—Sewers.</p> <p>Where a city has the statutory power to purchase land and improve it for a park, and it does so without negligence in accordance with an adopted plan, it will not be hable to a tenant of neighboring property, whose tenancy began after the improvement was completed, for injuries resulting from a large quantity of rain water flowing from the park on to a street and into the tenant’s premises. In such a case the city is under no obligation to provide sewers with sufficient capacity to carry-off the water.</p>