Nikas v. United Const. Co.

This appeal involves the rights and obligations of the respective owners of contiguous lots arising out of a party wall agreement.

Complainants, Nikas and wife, own a lot at the southwest corner of Main and Pontotoc Streets, Memphis, fronting 44 feet on Main and running 110 feet along Pontotoc, on which is situated a three-story brick building and basement formerly known as the Longinotti Hotel and now as the Manhattan.

Defendant Liberto and wife own the next lot to the south which fronts on Main Street 56 feet and runs back 110 feet west to the alley behind both properties.

The predecessors in…