Svela v. Bloch

Mr. Presiding Justice Dove

delivered the opinion of the court.

On September 14, 1926, a bill to foreclose a mechanic’s lien was filed in the circuit court of DuPage county by Ole Svela. The bill made Isadore M. Bloch, DuPage Trust Company and Herman Weiss, defendants, and alleged among other things that the complainant was a contractor and on November 15, 1927, entered into a verbal contract with the defendant Bloch, the owner of the premises described in the complaint, by the terms of which the complainant furnished certain labor and material in making certain described improvements upon said…