Bumbarger v. Walker

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

The plaintiff, Harvey Bumbarger, owns a farm in Graham Township, Clearfield County, which, until 1955, was enriched with a spring which supplied all his domestic needs with pure, potable water but which, by October of that year became wholly useless because of certain chemical infiltrations which rendered it unfit for drinking, cooking, or cleaning purposes. The plaintiff’s wife testified that, after the chemical invasion, the water made a precarious bathing agent because “it would burn the skin off you almost.” Allowing her a little latitude for over-zealous…