Kenny Construction Company, Inc. v. Herschel H. Allen, T/a J. E. Greiner Company

The District of Columbia, a municipal corporation, undertook the construction of certain public works. It engaged as consulting engineers Allen, Jenkins, Alíen, et al., a partnership of six members trading as J. E. Greiner Company and resident in Baltimore. Kenny Construction Company, Inc., was awarded the contract of construction. Next door to the contemplated site was Greenway, Inc., a rental housing development. As the excavation proceeded, the surrounding earth settled, and Green-way claimed it was damaged. It sued Kenny and the District of Columbia. Kenny sought to implead Allen,…