Roose & Wainwright v. Billingsly & Nanson Commission Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mills District Court. — Hon. A. B. Thornell, Judge. Action for the euforcement of a mechanic’s lien. The defendants, McGregor Bros., were primarily liable for the price of the materials, and the district court entered judgment against them for the amount due on the account. The other defendant is a subsequent purchaser of the property sought to be charged with the lien. The district court refused to enforce the lien, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The following is the description of the , property contained in the statement filed with the clerk for the purpose of preserving the lien: “Thirty lengths of corn-cribbing at Mills Station, Pottawattamie county, Iowa; five lengths of corn-cribbing at Mineóla, Iowa ; fourteen lengths of corn-cribbing at Silver City, Iowa; elevator office and fifteen lengths of corn-cribbing at Malvern, Iowa; office and twenty-seven lengths of cribbing at Lawrence, except the part owned by J. B. Mears ; ten lengths of cribbing at Solomon, Iowa. All at said stations along the Wabash railway.” Plaintiffs proved…
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