Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1887

Sowers v. Lowe

Sowers v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided February 28, 1887
5 Sadler 268; 9 A. 44; 20 Week. No. 76; 1887 Pa. LEXIS 616

Sowers v. Lowe

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The evidence of the plaintiff shows that she has no legal cause of action against the defendants. The natural flow of water, from a higher onto a lower lot, cannot as a general rule give a cause of action to one injured thereby. There is nothing proved in this case to take it out of the general rule. There was no error in directing a nonsuit on the unquestioned evidence of the plaintiff.

Judgment affirmed.

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