Gregg v. Renfrews
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition by appellees against appellants for a mechanics’ lien. The petition shows, that about the 2nd of March, A. D. 1857, petitioners made a contract with Gregg to manufacture boilers, flues, fire-fronts, etc., for a distillery.
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This was a petition by appellees against appellants for a mechanics’ lien. The petition shows, that about the 2nd of March, A. D. 1857, petitioners made a contract with Gregg to manufacture boilers, flues, fire-fronts, etc., for a distillery. That the greater part of the articles were to be delivered as soon as they could be manufactured, and the residue between the 1st of April and the 25th of July, 1857, and petitioners agreed to send up hands to assist in putting up the machinery. The articles were shipped according to the contract, and were received and accepted by Gregg. That in August,…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The petition in this case contains all the essential averments required by the statute, and is good in form and substance.-
The instructions given on behalf of the plaintiffs, taken as a ..whole, or- as a series of instructions, are not objectionable. They state sufficiently the law upon the several points made by them.
The doctrine, that the defendant’s answer, when made under oath, if responsive to the allegations in the bill, must be taken to be true, cannot be questioned. But we do not regard the. defendant’s answer in this light. The petition alleges that the whole amount for materials,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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