Western Real Estate Trustees v. Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to tlie Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This case arose out of the falling of a party wall in Omaha, whereby the buildings of which it was a part were carried down and much damage was done to the stock of groceries and store fixtures of the plaintiff below, who was occupying one of the buildings under a lease from Andrew J. Hanscom, its owner. The other building was owned by the defendants below. The party wall consisted of a stone foundation, or cellar wall, seven feet high and a brick superstructure extending upward four stories. The plaintiff sought to recover from the defendants the amount of his…
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