Green v. Hanson

THE COURT.

The defendants in the above-entitled action undertook, for a consideration, to raise a building owned by plaintiff, the object being to make the same correspond with a change in the grade of an adjoining street. It was agreed that the structure be raised twenty-eight inches above its foundation. After the building had been raised to the stipulated height it was found that the proper level was a few inches lower, and accordingly, by agreement, it was lowered to a level about twenty-five inches above the original foundation, which in the meantime had been built up by the plaintiff to…