Sholl v. Stump

Citations

• 24 Pa. Super. 48
• 1903 Pa. Super. LEXIS 298

Syllabus

<p>Canals — Eminent domain — Easement—Act of April 2, 1811, sec. 13, P. L. 226 — Union Canal Company.</p> <p>Under the Act of April 2,1811, P. L. 226, incorporating the Union Canal Company, land acquired by the company, not from the earlier companies of which it was the consolidation, and not from any agreement with, nor purchase from, landowners, but by condemnation proceedings under section 13 of the act, is not acquired in fee simple, but only as an estate determinable upon the abandonment of the land for use as a canal.</p>