Becker v. Rupp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

Vicki Lynn Becker, a nine year old girl, by her mother and next friend, brought an action for damages against the appellant. In the petition Vicki alleged that the defendant-appellant had rented a house to her parents, and that the house was supplied with water for drinking purposes from a well; that a sewer from the house ran very close to this well; that defendant had negligently allowed this sewer to be inefficiently built or kept in repair so that it leaked sewage into the well which supplied water for the house; that the water became…