McDivitt v. Bronson

Defendant was the owner of two lots in the city of McCook, upon one of which her dwelling stood. She sold the other to plaintiff, who was intending to build. Plaintiff procured plans for tbe erection of a dwelling on tbe lot sbe purchased and let tbe contract for tbe erection of tbe bouse. Sbe bad tbe lot surveyed before beginning excavation for the foundation. It was then ascertained that a bay of defendant’s bouse projected over and into tbe lot plaintiff bad purchased. Tbe portion wbicb encroached was about 12 or 14 feet long and a little over 2 feet wide, exclusive of the eaves wbicb…