City of Grandfield v. Hammonds

Opinion by

PINKHAM, C.

This action was brought to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the plaintiffs’ son, who was about three years of age. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant, the city of Grandfield, owned, managed, and conducted a water-works system for the purpose of supplying water to the inhabitants of said town and that as a part of said water-works system the said defendant owned and used a well, and that the said well, partly filled with water, had been covered with boards or plank; that the said covering over the said well had become rotten and loose and had been…