Legal Opinion

Bergsma v. Dewey

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided June 20, 1891PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal by defendants Dewey and wife (impleaded with James W. Mabon) from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, Otis, J., presiding, establishing and directing the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien for $370.89 against real estate adjudged to belong to the defendant John J.

1Opinion of the Court

Gilfillan, C. J.1

Action to enforce a mechanic’s lien for mate*358rial furnished in the spring and summer of 1887 to defendant Ma-hon, who was contractor for the defendant John J. Dewey in the erection of a building on the half of a city lot described in the complaint, of which half-lot it alleges said John J. to have been the owner. The answer denies that John J. was the owner, and alleges “that said Elizabeth A. Dewey (who was the wife of John J.) is the owner of said property, and that she was, at and during all the time in said complaint mentioned, and at the time of commencing this action,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Derby v. GallupSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1860

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Standard Lumber Co. v. FieldsWashington Supreme Court · 1947
  2. Judah v. F. H. Cheyne Electric Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. Bryant-Link Co. v. W. H. Norris Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  4. Johnson v. BartronNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1912

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