Spring Brook Water Supply Co. v. Pennsylvania Coal Co.

Citations

• 54 Pa. Super. 380
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 73

Syllabus

<p>Water companies — Laying pipe under public road — Coal lands— Support.</p> <p>Where a water company lays its pipes under a township road without making any compensation to the owner of the land, and thereafter, the owner, a coal company, removes the coal in its mining operations, and the surface of the road subsides and injures the pipes, the water company cannot recover damages from the coal company for the injuries sustained.</p>