Legal Opinion

Lounsbury v. Iowa, Minnesota & North Pacific R. Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 11, 1878PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Jasper District Cowi't. The plaintiff seeks tile establishment of a mechanic’s lien on the railway of defendant. There was a reference to the Hon. S. Gr. Smith, who reported the facts and his conclusions of law, and his report having been confirmed by the court and lien denied, the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Seevers, J., „ I. 3U13CHA.MC'S tnictor’:’’iio°-n" tlce' The plaintiff, or those under whom he claims, were sub-contractors, the principal contractor being the “Iowa and Minnesota Construction Company.” The ^en was established on the railway to the extent of the interest of the construction company therein, and as to the railway company the case turns upon the question whether any notice was served on said company of the filing of the claim for a lien in the clerk’s office. The lien is claimed under the provisions of chapter 100 of the Acts of the Sixteenth General Assembly, and section 6…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Langan v. SankeySupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  2. McGillivray Bros. v. District Township of BartonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  3. Ware v. Delahaye & PurdySupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  4. Winter & Co. v. HudsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  5. Williams v. DittenhoeferSupreme Court of Missouri · 1905

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