Hollister v. Sweet
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kingsbury County. Hon. Auva E. TayloR, Judge. Action by A. E. Hollister against Mary V. Sweet and another, for specific performance of an agreement to execute to plaintiff a realty mortgage securing certain advances to pay for labor and materials for repairs of defendant’s house; and another action by H. W. Snelson against said Mary V. Sweet and said Hollister, for balance due plaintiff from Sweet for labor on said house, and to enforce a…
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Kingsbury County. Hon. Auva E. TayloR, Judge. Action by A. E. Hollister against Mary V. Sweet and another, for specific performance of an agreement to execute to plaintiff a realty mortgage securing certain advances to pay for labor and materials for repairs of defendant’s house; and another action by H. W. Snelson against said Mary V. Sweet and said Hollister, for balance due plaintiff from Sweet for labor on said house, and to enforce a mechanic’s lien on said premises in plaintiff’s favor, and to have such lien decreed to be prior to Hollister’s mortgage; the two…
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, P. J.
Plaintiff Hollister brought an action against defendants Mary V. Sweet and Matilda Sweet, seeking the specific performance of an agreement whereby said defendants' had agreed to give plaintiff a note and real estate mortgage to secure certain advances to be made, and which it was alleged had been made by said plaintiff. Plaintiff Snelson brought another action against Mary V. Sweet and against Hollister, the plaintiff in the first-mentioned action, seeking to enforce a mechanic’s lien which he claimed against real estate of Mary V. Sweet. Defendant Hollister was made a party to this second…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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