Broadhurst v. . Blythe Brothers Co.

This was an action to recover damages for an injury to plaintiffs' building in the city of High Point, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendants Blythe Brothers Company, A. H. Guion Company, the city of High Point, and the Southern Railway Company, incident to excavations adjoining plaintiffs' property made for the purpose of constructing a railroad underpass and an overhead concrete bridge in the city.

The facts alleged in the complaint were substantially these: The city of High Point and the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission, in cooperation with…