Kempinski v. Tuthill Building Material Co.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife, in the month of May, 1923, purchased, as joint tenants, a piece of real estate in the City of Chicago, .known, by street description, as 2114 West Sixty-third Street. It was improved with a two and one-half story brick building, which the plaintiffs and their family, occupied as a residence from the time they purchased the property until the time of the trial.

The building was about 25 years old and was located near the rear of the lot. Immediately back of it was a garage which abutted upon the alley. The house and lot faced south on Sixty-third Street.…