Silvers v. Nerdlinger

This was an action by Ncrcllinger and Oppenheimer against Silvers, tho appellant. It is alleged in the complaint that on the 10th of April, 1865, Silvers contracted with the plaintiffs to erect for them a building on a lot on the corner of Columbia and Calhoun streets, in the city of Fort Wayne, and that the plaintiffs, for that purpose, delivered to Silvers tho exclusive possession of said lot; that there was a sidewalk in front of tho lot, along which the inhabitants of the city were accustomed to pass and repass,* and that during the erection of the building, Silvers, with, the consent of…