Lynds v. Clark

The petition in this case alleges that the plaintiffs were copartners as builders; that on September 13, 1880, a building owned by the defendant, on his lot in St. Louis, was nearly destroyed by fire; that before October 18, 1880, plaintiffs had contracted with one Thompson to erect for him a building on a lot immediately adjoining that of defendant, and to furnish the material for the same; that plaintiffs were erecting this building and working upon it with their employees on October 18, 1880; that the north wall of defendant’s building on the adjoining lot, owned and occupied by defendant,…