S. & W. Construction Co. v. Butler

PATTERSON, Justice.

From a judgment of $2500 awarded by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, the defendant appeals. This judgment was pursuant to a declaration alleging negligence, an answer thereto, and evidence taken thereon in open court. The gravamen of the declaration is that the defendant, by constructing a roadway adjacent to plaintiffs’ residence, negligently made large excavations and negligently operated heavily-loaded earth-moving vehicles at a rapid rate of speed in close proximity to plaintiffs’ home. As a result “the connections in…