Craig v. Everett M. Brooks Co.

The plaintiff is a general contractor, and the defendant is engaged in the business of civil engineering and surveying. The plaintiff’s exceptions are to the direction of verdicts for the defendant on two counts, both in tort. The trial judge directed the verdicts on the basis, which he stated, that “there was no obligation on the part of Brooks, a civil engineer, to the contractor with whom he had no contract and no relationship.”

The first count, which sounds in deceit, alleges that the defendant in connection with work concerning a real estate development made material misrepresentations,…