Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 8, 1869, No. 397 (Farnham v. Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.)

The opinion of the court was delivered, May 11th 1869, by

Read, J.

On the 13th March 1823, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania passed an act, authorizing Maurice Wurtz, his heirs and assigns, to improve the navigation of the river Lackawaxen, by making a good and safe descending navigation, at least once in every six days, except when the same may be obstructed by ice or floods, from or near