George Haw & Co. v. Burch Bros.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. II. A. Roberts, Judge. This is a contest over the distribution of funds in the hands of the receiver of the Burch Coal Company. Appellants are the holders of mechanics’ lien., and Neff and nineteen other defendants are laborers who did work in and about the mine belonging to the coal company. The trial ■court gave their claims precedence, and the appeal is from this ruling.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
A firm known as Burch Bros, originally •owned a mine in Wapello county, and on September 15, 1S9G. it made a general assignment of all its property to one Coll, as assignee. On the following day apnellants filed their mechanics’ liens against the property. On January 2, 1S97, the Burch Coal Company was incorporated, and on February 8th the assignee of Burch Bros, sold and conveyed the. mining property to this corporation. The corporation took possession of the property, and continued to ■operate it until the eighth day of March, 1897. During the time that the corporation owned the property,…
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