Bitner v. Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.

This is an appeal from judgments entered by the circuit court of Peoria County in favor of Kenneth Bitner, the plaintiff, and against Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc., a foreign corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Knight”, and Jervis B. Webb Company, a foreign corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Webb.” The action in the trial court also joined as defendant the O. Frank Heinz Construction Co., Inc.; however, the jury returned a verdict in favor of this defendant and against the plaintiff.

This appeal stems from a factual situation which had its beginning in 1964. In that year the…