Lyon v. Walker Boudwin Construction Co.

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

The appellants, J. Paul Lyon, C. Newell Freeman, and Wilford P. Gentry, doing business as Ruby Drug, commenced this action against the respondents, Walker Boudwin Construction Co. and First National Bank of Nevada, to recover damages arising from the rotation of a sidewall of the Ruby Drug building, which rotation allegedly resulted from negligent excavation work performed by the Construction Co. on an adjacent lot owned by the Bank. The district judge before whom the case was tried agreed with the appellants and awarded them $800 in damages. The appellants…