Image depicts cracks in a couple of houses which had become larger since they were abandoned months before the photo was taken. The brick homes in the 1000 block of Hopedale Drive of Bellefontaine Neighbors were only five years old. The three owners filled a $259,000 damage suit in Circuit Court at Clayton against the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors and the three families were continuing with monthly house payments. The suit contended that the homes were damaged due to foundations shifting because of soil conditions.
