McGrew v. McCarty
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Harrison Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
This is an action to enforce liens asserted by the appellants, as mechanics and material men, against real estate of which George McCarty died the owner. The com- ' plaint alleges that the liens were acquired in McCarty’s lifetime, and that the appellees are his children and heirs.
*497A complaint alleging that materials were furnished for, and used in the construction or repair of, a building, does not entitle the plaintiff to recover a personal judgment against the heirs of the person who dies the owner of the property. The lien, if valid, may be enforced against the property, but it can not be…
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