Burlingim v. Cooper

Maxwell, Ch. J.

The plaintiff is a lumber dealer in building material, and sold sufficient of said material to Peterson for the erection of a cottage on the middle one-third of lot 1, block 13, of the Improvement Association addition to Omaha. The title to the lot at the time of the contract was in S. E. Rogers, but Peterson’s wife had purchased the same. Cooper was the contractor who erected the building and seems to have been anxious to befriend Peterson. Selden purchased the premises from Peterson after the erection of the cottage. The testimony shows that the last item on the plaintiff’s…