Legal Opinion

Henry & Coatsworth Co. v. Evans

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1888PublishedCited by 41 opinions

Appeal from, JacTcson Circuit Court. — Hon. T. A. Gill, Judge. Every person who furnishes any materials for any building, erection or improvement upon land, under any contract with the owner or proprietor thereof, or with the contractor with such owner or proprietor, to construct such building, erection or improvement, which materials are actually used in -sutíh building, erection or improvement, and who has complied with the provisions of article 1, chapter 47 of the…

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Appeal from, JacTcson Circuit Court. — Hon. T. A. Gill, Judge. Every person who furnishes any materials for any building, erection or improvement upon land, under any contract with the owner or proprietor thereof, or with the contractor with such owner or proprietor, to construct such building, erection or improvement, which materials are actually used in -sutíh building, erection or improvement, and who has complied with the provisions of article 1, chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes, 1879, has a lien upon such building, erection and improvement for the value of such, materials unpaid, and…

1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.

Plaintiff, a sub-contractor, seeks to establish as a lien a demand for materials furnished toward the erection of a building on land of defendant Dickinson.

The exact controversy presented for decision arises from the following undisputed facts : Evans was the original contractor with Dickenson for the erection of certain buildings on land of the latter. Plaintiff, under a contract with Evans, supplied materials used in their construction. Plaintiff ’ s account therefor was not paid. Notice of the demand was served on the owner and the account filed in due time as a lien on the property in…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. De Witt v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
  3. Sheppard v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  4. State v. AddingtonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
  5. James Hunter & Co. v. Truckee LodgeNevada Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Smith v. Oregon Short Line Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Jones v. Great Southern Fireproof Hotel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
  3. Herrman v. DaffinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1957
  4. Ittner v. HughesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
  5. State ex rel. Kochtitzky v. RileySupreme Court of Missouri · 1907

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