State ex rel. Havner v. Des Moines Union Stock Yards Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. This action was brought by J. A. Priestly against the receiver of the Des Moines Union Stock Yards Company, to recover for services claimed to have been rendered by him as an architect and engineer for said Stock Yards Company, and to establish and foreclose a mechanics’ lien. The action is based on a contract entered into between Priestly and the Stock Yards Company.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. This action was brought by J. A. Priestly against the receiver of the Des Moines Union Stock Yards Company, to recover for services claimed to have been rendered by him as an architect and engineer for said Stock Yards Company, and to establish and foreclose a mechanics’ lien. The action is based on a contract entered into between Priestly and the Stock Yards Company. The trial court found, upon the issues, in favor of Priestly. The judgment and decree allowed the claim of Priestly in the sum of $4,200, with interest thereon, and…
1Opinion of the CourtArthur, C. J.
I. Priestly came to Des Moines and entered an office furnished him by the Stock Yards Company in West Des Moines, adjacent to the office of the Associated Packing Company, about the 1st of May, 1919. He says he began service under his contract about the middle of May. He went to work for the Associated Packing Company, a company allied with the Stock Yards Company, at the same time. Priestly says:
“Most of my time was spent for the Associated Packing Company. The .Packing Company actually put in some foundations, and started the erection, and I completed drawings for the floor and foundation.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Priestly v. Associated Packing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1923