Schwindt v. Lehigh Water Co.

Citations

• 33 Pa. Super. 23
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 232

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Water company — Bursting of main — Failure to inspect.</p> <p>In an action against a water company to recover damages to property resulting from the bursting of a water main in a street, a verdict and judgment for plaintiff will be sustained, where it appears that the main had been in the street for nearly fifty years, that it had originally been subjected to a pressure of sixty pounds, but that for some time prior to the accident the pressure had been increased to 110 pounds, that for two years before the accident the surface had from time to time settled in front of plaintiff's premises, indicating some trouble beneath, but that the defendant had neglected to inspect the main or remedy the trouble.</p>