Whitman Hotel Corporation v. Elliott & Watrous Engineering Co.

137 Conn. 562 (1951)

THE WHITMAN HOTEL CORPORATION ET AL.

v.

THE ELLIOTT AND WATROUS ENGINEERING COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Argued January 9, 1951.

Decided March 13, 1951.

JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS, O'SULLIVAN and SHEA, JS.

Joseph V. Fay, Jr., and James F. Dawson, for the appellants-appellees (defendants).

Allyn L. Brown, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Charles W. Jewett, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs).

INGLIS, J.

The principal question involved in this case is whether the plaintiffs may recover for damage done to their building by vibrations of the earth set in motion by…