LEIPER v. HEYWOOD-HALL CONST. CO.


381 Pa. 317 (1955)

Leiper, Appellant, v. Heywood-Hall Construction Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F.C. Fiechter, Jr., with him Freeman, Fox & Fiechter, for appellants.

Samuel H. High, Jr., with him High, Swartz, Childs & Roberts, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., STEARNE, JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY and MUSMANNO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, March 14, 1955:

Plaintiffs brought a bill in equity to enjoin defendant from collecting surface water into an artificial channel and increasing greatly the volume thereof so that it was precipitated in greatly increased quantities upon plaintiffs' land, causing substantial injury.

Defendant bought from the Houston Estate in 1950 56 acres of land, part of which adjoined plaintiffs' property. Defendant erected a residential development...

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