Abbott v. Gill

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The appellees brought this action against the appellant and several other defendants seeking to recover for injuries allegedly sustained as the result of the contamination of a water system serving their residential subdivision. The water system was owned by the Pine Forest Utility Corporation. In 1983, that corporation had entered into a written contract with the appellant under which he agreed, for a fee, to assume responsibility for the operation and main tenance of the system. That agreement was denominated a trust agreement and purported to transfer possession and…