Becker v. Hopper
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Baramie County; Hon. Willim C. Mrntzrr, Judge. On rehearing. The facts will be found stated in the former opinion reported in 22 Wyo. 237, and in that report of the case will be found an abstract of the briefs on the original hearing. Compiled Statutes 1910, Sections 3806 and 3816, were borrowed from the Statutes of Missouri.
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Error to the District Court, Baramie County; Hon. Willim C. Mrntzrr, Judge. On rehearing. The facts will be found stated in the former opinion reported in 22 Wyo. 237, and in that report of the case will be found an abstract of the briefs on the original hearing. Compiled Statutes 1910, Sections 3806 and 3816, were borrowed from the Statutes of Missouri. (Lumber Co. v. Davis, 14 Wyo. 455.)' It is true that the word “controversy” was substituted for the word “contract,” as it appeared in the Missouri Statutes, yet the contractor is required to defend any action brought on liens filed by any…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the defendants in error, John W. Hopper and Edward T. Bartley, co-partners doing-business under the name of Hopper & Bartley, to enforce an alleged mechanics’ lien upon certain real estate of the plaintiff in error, Charles Becker, upon which the plaintiff in error, Henry Becker, held a mortgage; the lien, being claimed for certain -work performed and materials furnished in and about the construction of a building, at the request of and for the firm of Brice & Mitchell, the contractors engaged in constructing said building. The case came to…
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