JARRETT v. E. L. HARPER & SON, INC.

No. 13726.

235 S.E.2d 362 (1977)

Kenneth JARRETT and Fonda Jarrett v. E. L. HARPER & SON, INC., a corp.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodwin, Goodwin, Bryan & Lobert, Stephen P. Goodwin, Ripley, for appellants.

Earley, Bailey & Pfalzgraf, John S. Bailey, Jr., Parkersburg, for appellee.


HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Kenneth and Fonda Jarrett's water well on their Jackson County, West Virginia property was destroyed by Harper & Sons, Inc., a contractor building a sewer for a public service district. The Jarretts were without water for five weeks, when a new well was completed.

They sued Harper & Sons, Inc. for $5,000.00 to recover the new well's cost of $766.82, expenses for carrying water from a neighbor, and compensation for their inconveniences...

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