Schwartz v. Daegling
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John J. Schwartz, against Charles Daegling, to recover for damage done to the plaintiff by reason of the falling of the walls of a brick building owned by him, and which the defendant had engaged to erect, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Chicago; the Hon. William A. Porter, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by John J. Schwartz, against Charles Daegling, to recover for damage done to the plaintiff by reason of the falling of the walls of a brick building owned by him, and which the defendant had engaged to erect, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant. It appears the walls, when in process of erection, and were partially completed, on Sunday, the twenty-second of October, 1866, during a severe storm, fell to the ground and were destroyed. A…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
In July, 1866, appellee contracted with appellant to perform the brick work of a building on State street, in the city of Chicago, twenty-four feet in width by eighty in length, and four stories high; the front to be of pressed brick. Afterwards, the length of the proposed building was changed to 120 feet, and a stone front was substituted for the brick. This necessitated an extension of time some four weeks. By the specifications the walls were to be ready for the roof by the fifteenth of September, and the building plastered by the first of-October. The cut stone was to be furnished by…
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