E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. v. I. D. GRIFFITH, INC.


130 A.2d 783 (1957)

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. I. D. GRIFFITH, Inc., a corporation, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

March 29, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Geuther, Wilmington, for appellant.

Henry R. Horsey, Wilmington, for appellee.

WOLCOTT and BRAMHALL, Justices, and MARVEL, Vice-Chancellor, sitting.


WOLCOTT, Justice.

An action was commenced by duPont Company to recover damages resulting from the forceful moving by a high wind of a piece of metal duct work left on the roof of a building being constructed at its Chestnut Run Plant. The cause was tried before the Court without a jury and resulted in the entry of a judgment for the defendant, Griffith.

DuPont Company entered into a contract with Griffith for the erection of metal duct work on the roof of...

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