S. H. KRESS CO. v. BULLOCK SHOE CO.

Nos. 6424-6427.

56 F.2d 713 (1932)

S. H. KRESS CO. et al. v. BULLOCK SHOE CO., and three other cases.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. T. Goodwyn, of Montgomery, Ala., Kenneth I. McKay, of Tampa, Fla., and Forney Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala., for S. H. Kress Co. and G. A. Miller, Inc.

H. F. Crenshaw, and John P. Kohn, Jr., both of Montgomery, Ala., for Bullock Shoe Co.

B. P. Crum, of Montgomery, Ala., for Pizitz-Smolian Cooperative Stores, Inc.

H. F. Crenshaw and John P. Kohn, Jr., both of Montgomery, Ala., for Carolyn S. and Lucy B. Randolph.

Wiley C. Hill, of Montgomery, Ala., for Mrs. J. S. Hexton and others.

Before BRYAN, SIBLEY, and HUTCHESON, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

These four cases, suits for damages resulting from the collapse of connected buildings in Montgomery, Ala., while excavations were being made on lots immediately adjoining, for the purpose of erecting a building thereon, were, over the objection of defendants, consolidated for trial. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in each of the causes against the owner and the independent contractor of the building being erected...

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