Matheny v. Stonecutter Mills Corporation

“The overwhelming weight of authority in this country is to the effect that ponds, pools, lakes, streams, reservoirs, and other bodies of water, do not per se constitute attractive nuisances. 56 Am. Jur,, Water, Section 436, p. 850. 'The attractive nuisance doctrine generally is not applicable to bodies of water, artificial as well as natural, in the. absence of some unusual condition or artificial feature other than the mere water and its location,’ 65 C.J.S., Negligence, Sec. 29 (12) j, p. 475. It is, therefore, not negligence per se to maintain (even) an unenclosed pond, pool, lake, or…