Green

The defendants in the above-entitled action undertook, for a consideration, to raise a building owned by plaintiff, the object being to make the same correspond with a change in the grade of an adjoining street. It was agreed that the structure be raised twenty-eight inches above its foundation. After the building had been raised to the stipulated height it was found that the proper level was a few inches lower, and accordingly, by agreement, it was lowered to a level about twenty-five inches above the original foundation, which in the meantime had been built up by the plaintiff to the new level.

Plaintiff alleged that the defendants neglected, before raising the building, to free the sills in front and on the sides thereof from the steps and cement sidewalk, thus causing the building when raised to be wrenched and warped; that when the same was lowered to the new foundation it was warped to such an extent that the south side of the structure was about six inches above the foundation, and also overlapped ail adjoining lot for a distance of three and a half to four inches; that defendants after much delay shored up and braced the structure so that the same, with the exception of a…