Wilson v. Superior Court

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

The petitioners are plaintiffs in two actions pending in the superior court against a school district, Richard J. Woodward and others, claiming damages to their property allegedly caused by removal of lateral support when certain excavations were made upon the adjoining property of the school district.

Woodward and his associates were engaged by the district to plan and supervise the work which allegedly caused the injuries to plaintiffs’ property, plaintiffs’ theory being that Woodward and the district were negligent in the planning and the prosecution of the work.

Plaintiffs…