Brookshire v. Digby

Eldridge, Judge.

In 1973, appellant, Virgil L. Brookshire, built an unusually constructed house to live in until he could sell it; a “For Sale” sign remained in the front yard. This was the second house that he had built. The house, located on Campground Road in Henry County, had a cathedral ceiling that ran the depth of the house with no ceiling joists; the roof was supported by the outside wall and an interior load-bearing wall that had knee bracing that ran from the top of the interior wall to the rafters, diagonally; except for the living room, where there was an angled suspended ceiling…