Porteous Decorative Co. v. Fee
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by Porteous Decorative Company, Incorporated, against Dr. George Fee. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. " The right to liens given to mechanics and laborers is introduced into the statutory law of the states by positive statutes.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Action by Porteous Decorative Company, Incorporated, against Dr. George Fee. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. " The right to liens given to mechanics and laborers is introduced into the statutory law of the states by positive statutes. These statutes were at first looked upon by the courts to be in derogation of the common law, and hence they were strictly…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sweeney, J.:
An action was instituted in the District Court of the Second Judicial District in Washoe County to foreclose a lien filed by the Porteous Decorative Company against Dr. George Fee. During the opening of plaintiff’s case, which was tried before the court without a jury, plaintiff's attorney offered in evidence the lien in question, to which defendant’s attorney objected upon the ground that the "lien is void and invalid, in that it does not conform to the requirements of the statutes of our state upon the ground that the claim of lien fails to state the terms, the time…
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