Jensen v. South Adams County Water & Sanitation District

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pringle.

Plaintiff in error was plaintiff and defendant in error was defendant in the trial court. They will be referred to as plaintiff or defendant or by name.

On February 15, 1958, plaintiff Dorothy Jean Jensen, then 14 years old, was visiting at the home of her friend, Alena Coffee. Near the gate of the Coffee home was a water meter box installed and maintained by the defendant water district. The meter box was set in the ground some 52 inches deep and had a cast iron cover plate. Some six or eight inches below the cover plate was a frost plate. Attached to the cover…