Scranton Gas & Water Co. v. Scranton City

Citations

• 214 Pa. 586
• 64 A. 84
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 701

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Streets—Gas and water companies — Damages—Police power — Eminent domain.</p> <p>The easement which a gas or water company has in the streets of a municipality, is subject to the superior right of the public both in the surface and the soil beneath the surface.</p> <p>Where a city changes the grade of a street in order to do away with a railroad gradé crossing, and a gas and water company is obliged to move its pipes from the street by reason of the change of grade, the company can recover no damages from the city for the injuries sustained.</p>