Supreme Court of Pennsylvania May 6, 1863 (Brown v. Bush)

The opinion of the court was delivered,

by

Woodward, J.

We must regard the “stone row” as a natural inequality in the bed of the creek, for although it may have originated in an attempt to improve the fording, either by supervisors or teamsters, yet it was so ancient that no witness could fix its origin, or say with certainty that it was caused by human hands.