Fred C. Kramer Co. v. La Salle National Bank

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE FRIEND

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed its complaint to foreclose a mechanic’s lien against real estate held by defendant as trustee under a land trust. Pursuant to a stipulation of facts the chancellor found that plaintiff was entitled to a mechanic’s lien and entered a decree accordingly, from which defendant appeals.

By way of defense it is urged that the mechanic’s lien claim is barred as a matter of law because defendant, as owner of the real estate, complying with all the provisions of the Mechanics’ Lien Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 82, §§1-39), as…