Burkhart v. Zimmerman

Adjoining three-story buildings! of the same design face the Chicago turnpike in the village of Saline. They were built in 1872 with but one stairway leading from the ground to the second story between them. The stairway is entirely on defendants’ land and is a part of their building, although it has always been used by the owners of the two buildings as a common entrance to the second floors. The land upon which the buildings were built was originally ownedl by one Allen H. Risdon. He sold the easterly part to Burkhart and Aldrich, making no mention of or provision for the stairway in the…