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MORRIS v. HOLT

380 Mass. 133 (1980)

401 N.E.2d 851

HAROLD MORRIS & another vs. JAMES M. HOLT & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Goldberg for the defendants.

Henry G. Barrett for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

The plaintiffs purchased a house in Attleboro which once had been owned by the defendants. While the defendants owned the house, they negligently constructed an addition to it by placing the addition over a cesspool. The plaintiffs sustained damage to their property as a result of the negligent construction. We hold that the plaintiffs, who purchased the property from the defendants' grantee, are entitled to recover from the defendants in these

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