Sheib v. Township of Collier
This text of 8 Sadler 526 (Sheib v. Township of Collier) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Pennsylvania primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
If the bridge constructed by the township authorities was insufficient to carry off the entire volume of water it was an error of judgment on the part of the supervisor. It has been repeatedly held that a municipal corporation is not liable in damages for an injury which is the result of an honest mistake of judgment made by a public officer in the fair discharge of his duty. It is sufficient to refer to Carr v. Northern Liberties, 35 Pa. 324, 78 Am. Dec. 342, and Collins v. Philadelphia, 93 Pa. 272.
This question ought not to be open to further discussion.
Judgment affirmed.
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