Wilson v. Wahl

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This case presents a question of professional ethics on the part of an attorney.

On the night of April 24, 1954, a store building in the city of Lyons, owned by Roy and Lulu Avery, was struck by lightning, resulting in an explosion and fire. The Averys brought suit against the city to recover damages, their theory being that the explosion and fire were caused by the presence of natural gas in and under .the building which had leaked from defective gas mains owned by the city. They recovered a judgment. On appeal by the city we reversed with…