Simpson v. Springer

One of tbe claims of tbe plaintiffs is that tbe trial court committed prejudicial error in its general charge to the jury on tbe law relating to lateral support.

Tbe depth of tbe excavation being a disputed question of fact in tbis case, liability for interference with lateral support may be determined by tbe common law, by tbe statutes of tbe state on tbe subject (see Sections 3782 and 3783, General Code), by certain ordinances of tbe city of Cincinnati which were applicable, or by a combination of -two or more of them, dependent upon tbe facts found by tbe jury. Tbe court, in tbe course of…