Peninsular Trust Co. v. City of Grand Rapids

A reference to the accompanying plat will help to understand the situation.

The defendant is charged in the declaration with having kept and maintained a large reservoir as a part of its waterworks system. It is claimed also that, by reason of the construction, location, and appearance of this reservoir, “ it had a great tendency to and did excite the curiosity of, and was an attractive place for, children to play, many of whom frequented the same as a matter of childish curiosity.” The reservoir is so constructed that the top is between 20 and 25 feet above the streets. The outside of the…