Scranton City v. Scranton Steel Co.

Citations

• 154 Pa. 171
• 26 A. 1
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 863

Syllabus

<p>Navigable rivers — Obstruction—Municipalities—Mandatory injunction.</p> <p>A mandatory injunction will not be granted at the suit of a city against a steel company to compel the removal of slag and cinders deposited in a navigable river by the company, where the evidence is conflicting, as to whether the deposit caused a flooding of the public streets, and it seems to the court reasonably certain that the flooding was caused by the erection of piers fur a railroad bridge, which have since been removed.</p>