Behrens v. Kruse
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court.for Hennepin county to obtain judgment-against defendant Edna D. Kruse for $3,688, and to' foreclose a mechanic’s lien for that amount. The substance of the complaint and of the separate answer of Mrs. Kruse will be found at the beginning of the opinion. The case was tried before Steele, J., who denied defendant’s motions to strike out the complaint and to disallow plaintiff’s claim of lien.
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Action in the district court.for Hennepin county to obtain judgment-against defendant Edna D. Kruse for $3,688, and to' foreclose a mechanic’s lien for that amount. The substance of the complaint and of the separate answer of Mrs. Kruse will be found at the beginning of the opinion. The case was tried before Steele, J., who denied defendant’s motions to strike out the complaint and to disallow plaintiff’s claim of lien. The court made findings of fact and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Prom an order denying the motions of •defendant for amended findings, additional findings and for a…
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
At the time of the erection of the Badisson Hotel and Annex in ^Minneapolis the appellant Mrs. Edna D. Kruse owned the property. 'The plaintiff in the present action seeks to obtain a personal judgment against her for the reasonable value of services and materials claimed to have been furnished her by him in the erection and improvement of her building and for the costs of the action, including •a reasonable attorney’s fee, and to have a lien adjudged and foreclosed -against the realty for both. To that end Mrs. Kruse’s husband, Simon Kruse, was joined as a party defendant, with others, but…
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- Miller v. HollingsworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
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