Hevel v. Stangier

This is an action for damages for the destruction of a building.

Plaintiffs and defendants were the owners of adjoining business buildings in Pendleton. The building owned by the defendants was gutted by fire. A three-story brick wall was left standing between the two buildings. During a windstorm thirty-three days after the fire, the wall collapsed upon the one-story building of the plaintiffs and inflicted extensive damage.

In this action, the plaintiffs alleged that the negligence of the defendants caused the destruction of the one-story building. The cause was tried to a jury which returned…