The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-15

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Alleging that the collapse on Oct.
25, 1911, of their barn and storage
house on the rear of a certain lot
on the westerly side of Main street
between Tenth and Eleventh streets,
in the borough of Honesdale, was
due to the negligence of the three
firms with whom they had contract
ed for the substantial construction
of the same, suit was commenced re-
Gently in the Court of Common
Pleas of Wayne county for $4,000
damages by G. A. Cortright and
Wayne Concrete Supply and Con
struction Company and Pierce and
Bake.
The plaintiffs statement declares
that this action is brought to re-
cover damages from the defendants
| above named, on the following
grounds:
Whereas, in the spring of the year
1911 1t became the purpose of the
plaintiffs to build a barn and storage
house on the rear of certain lot,
standing in the name of c. A. Cort-
right and Son on the westerly side of
Main street between Tenth and Eley-
enth streets in the Borough of
Honesdale, the plaintiffs thereupon
employed the said firm of Kreitner
Bros. to prepare plans for said build
ing and to design and construct the
timber-work, framework, floors, roof
and all other portions of said build
ing, built of wood; and entered into
contract with the said The Wayne
Concrete, Supply and Construction
Company to furnish concrete blocks
for tho tft1 1nt nf l1 G
said building; and entered into a
contract with the said firm of Pierce
and Baker to erect the walls of said
building.
And whereas it became the duty
of the said Kreitner Bros. to pre-
pare the plans for said building, and
to so construct the timber and frame
work, floors, roof and all other parts
otssaid building to them, in a skillful
and Workmanlike manner, so as to
render the said building safe, sub
stantial, permanently secure and fit |
for its purposes; and whereas it |
became the duty of the said The |
Wayne Concrete Supply and Con-
struction Company to furnish con-
crete blocks of a safe and durable |
quality, hard and firm, and fit for |
the walls of said building, in a skill
full and workmanlike manner, so as |
to render said walls, safe, substan-
tial, permanent secure and fit for |
their purposes:
yet so it is that the said firm of |
Kreitner Bros prepared the plans
FOR said building, and constructed |
the timber and framework, and the |
floors, roof and other portions of |
said building, entrusted to them, so |
unskillfully, carelessly, negligently, |
without due regard to safety or Sc
curity; and the said Wayne Concrete
Supply and Construction Company,
SO carelessly and negligently fur
nished to the said plaintiffs, con-
crete blocks of such a poor, inferior, |
and unsafe kind and quality; and
the said Pierce and Baker, so care
lessly, unskillfully and negligently |
laid said concrete blocks and built |
said wall, without due regard to Sc
cur1ty, safety or permanency, that by |
reason of the joint carelessness and |
negligence of the defendants, the |
said barn of the plaintiffs, being in |
course of construction as aforesaid, !
the walls thereof completed, the |
timbers and framework in place, |
the floors and roof wholly or par
TALLY laid and built, did, on October |
10, l9ll, suddenly, without warning, |
collapse, fall, and become wrecked |
and destroyed, to the Inconvenience,
damage and loss of the plaintiff, and |
such inconvenince damage and loss
was due to the fact that the defend |
ants above named, acted in concert |
in performing the negligent acts
which resulted in the destruction of
the said building; the negligent acts |
of each defendant, combined with the |
negligent acts of the other defend
ants having produced the result |
above named For all of which in
convenience damage and loss each |
of the defendants above named is
separately liable to the plaintiffs and
all of the defendants above named |
are jointly liable to the plaintiffs. |
The plaintiffs declare the amount of
the loss and damage suffered by them
for which the defendants are liable |
as above stated to be the sum of g.
600 to recover which amount they |
bring this suit"