Stevens v. Gordon
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as an equity court, dis~ missing a bill to establish an equitable lien. The facts are stated in the opinion. Moon y. Brown, 172 Mo. App. 516, 158 S. W. 79; Chapman v. Richey, 188 111. App. 551; Emaclc y. Rusheriberger, 8 App. D. C. 249; Anglo-American Sav. & L. Asso. v. Gampbell, 13 App. D. C. 581, 43 L.R.A. 622; and France V. Coleman, 29 App.
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Hearing on an appeal from a decree in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting as an equity court, dis~ missing a bill to establish an equitable lien. The facts are stated in the opinion. Moon y. Brown, 172 Mo. App. 516, 158 S. W. 79; Chapman v. Richey, 188 111. App. 551; Emaclc y. Rusheriberger, 8 App. D. C. 249; Anglo-American Sav. & L. Asso. v. Gampbell, 13 App. D. C. 581, 43 L.R.A. 622; and France V. Coleman, 29 App. D. C. 286. D. 0. Code, sec. 1257; Richardson v. Belt, 13 App. D. C. •197; Falmouth Nat. Bank y. Gape God Ship Oanal Go. 166 Mass. 550; Green v. McDonald, 75 Vt.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smyth
The appellants, David H. Stevens, Hugh Keilly Company, a Corporation, and Columbia Brick and Coal Company, a Corporation, plaintiffs below, claim that the appellee, Fulton K. Gordon, is indebted to the appellee, Frank W. Hart, in the sum of about $5,600, a balance due on a building contract, and that they, as contractors and materialmen, are entitled to have the sum impressed with a lien in their favor.
Hart had a contract with Gordon for the erection of a number of dwelling houses. Stevens was a subcontractor under him, and the other appellants furnished material to Hart which was used in the…
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