White River Rural Water District v. Moon

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This is a tort case in which appellees sued appellant, alleging appellant negligently failed to locate and repair a leak in its water line which had been routed underneath appellees’ property. Appellees asserted the leak caused water to stand around their post oak tree that they used for shade. They claimed appellant’s negligent delay in correcting its faulty line resulted in the eventual loss of their tree. A jury agreed and awarded appellees $9,000 in damages. Appellant argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s findings of negligence,…