Bohrer v. Stumpff

Tiie question of fact in this case, which the jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, was whether the contract for boring required the plaintiffs to continue the work until the defendant was satisfied, or until water was found. If it did so require, then the plaintiffs were bound to go only a reasonable depth, considering the means with which they were equipped for doing the woik. If no particular distance was specified, it would be unreasonable to require them to go further than such boring could he prosecuted without machinery. It is true the object in view was to find water, and as the well…