Malina v. Oplatka
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. George J. Cowing, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomson
By this appeal the defendants seek to reverse a judgment for $2,500, recovered by the plaintiff in the municipal court of Chicago.
The plaintiff and the defendants were the owners of adjoining pieces of property, each with a frontage of 25 feet on Chicagu avenue in the City of Chicago, and each being improved by a four-story building, these buildings being about 40 years old. In the year of 1887, the then owners of these two pieces of property entered into a party-wall agreement and subsequently the wall in question was built, one-half of the wall being on one lot and one-half on the other.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fitz Simons & Connell Co. v. Braun & FittsIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Brooks v. . CurtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Peck v. Chicago Railways Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
- Field v. LeiterIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
- Roche v. UllmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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