Behrens v. W. S. Bills & Sons, Inc.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of La Salle County in the sum of $66,000 against W. S. Bills and Sons, Inc. and Union Corporation, defendants. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs Frank Behrens, Betty Moore and Pauline Lucas as against defendants on the issue of their liability to plaintiffs, and, thereafter, following a jury determination of the amount of damages, entered judgment on the jury verdict.

The action was instituted by plaintiffs for damages which were sustained when a building on the property leased by plaintiffs collapsed as a…