Anderson v. Mitchell

Mr. Presiding Justice Wilson

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, Leroy E. Anderson and Lillie C. Anderson, were the owners of a certain piece of property at 10550 Avenue M., Chicago, Illinois, together with a two-story frame building located upon the premises. The defendant Mitchell was a contractor, engaged in erecting a two-story brick building on the adjoining premises. On the evening of November 17, 1926, between the hours of five and six o ’clock, the north wall of the building which was being erected by the defendant collapsed and part of it fell into the yard of the…