Cornell v. Matthews
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In error to the Hunterdon Circuit Court. This was an action under the mechanics’ lien law, brought in the court below by Matthews against Cornell, to recover for lumber furnished to build a house on land to which Cornell’s wife claimed title under the will of her father.
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In error to the Hunterdon Circuit Court. This was an action under the mechanics’ lien law, brought in the court below by Matthews against Cornell, to recover for lumber furnished to build a house on land to which Cornell’s wife claimed title under the will of her father. On the trial at the circuit, a verdict was rendered in favor of MatLhews for the amount claimed, and on that verdict a special judgment was entered against Cornell’s estate in the premises upon which the lien was claimed. The cause was removed into this court by writ of error. The points relied upon by the plaintiff in error…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Whelpley, J.
This was an action or proceeding, under the lien law, to recover the value of certain lumber, sold and delivered by Matthews to Cornell, and used in *524tito construction of a house built by him upon lands to which his wile has title under the will of her father. The object of the proceeding was to charge whatever interest Cornell had in the land of his wife with the plaintiff’s debt. At the circuit, the plaintiff had a verdict upon the issues joined in the case, and we are now asked, upon this writ of error, to review the judgment of the court…
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