Summers v. Tavern Rock Sand Company

VAN OSDOL, Comm’issioner.

Plaintiffs, Richard A. Summers and Mary E. Summers, husband and wife, instituted this action in three counts against defendant, The Tavern Rock Sand Company, the operator of a quarry approximately three miles east of Augusta in St. Charles County. In Count I, plaintiffs sought recovery of $14,500 for damage to their dwelling and other improvements allegedly due to vibrations and concussions, occasioned by defendant in blasting with high explosives in the operation of its quarry. In Count II, plaintiffs prayed for injunctive relief; and in Count III, plaintiffs sought…