Emmetsburg Ready Mix Co. v. Norris

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

The fighting issue in this case is whether the statutory thirty days’ time (following statutory notice) granted a mechanic’s lien-holder for bringing an action to enforce the lien can be narrowed to twenty-nine days when the courthouse is locked on the thirtieth day for a declared holiday.

The operative facts are few. Plaintiff Emmetsburg Ready Mix Co. (Ready Mix) filed a mechanic’s lien against real estate owned by defendants G. Kennon and Margaret M. Norris (Norris). Norris served Ready Mix with an Iowa Code section 572.-28 1 demand to bring suit within thirty days.…