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.

Decided March 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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).

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


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 the blasting operations of the defendants, in the absence of negligence on the part of the latter.

The finding is not subject to correction. The plaintiff John M. Carbulon was the owner of property consisting of land and a large brick building known as the Wauregan Hotel, located in the...

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