Olson v. Pennington
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant Pennington from an order of the district court for Pine county, Crosby, J., presiding, overruling a demurrer to the complaint, which alleged substantially these facts, viz.: The plaintiffs rendered labor and services for the defendant the Heath Lumber Manufacturing Company, between April 1, 1885, and August 1, 1885, in and about the business of carrying on and operating a sawmill and the manufacture of lumber, for the agreed sum of $48. The Heath Lumber…
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Appeal by defendant Pennington from an order of the district court for Pine county, Crosby, J., presiding, overruling a demurrer to the complaint, which alleged substantially these facts, viz.: The plaintiffs rendered labor and services for the defendant the Heath Lumber Manufacturing Company, between April 1, 1885, and August 1, 1885, in and about the business of carrying on and operating a sawmill and the manufacture of lumber, for the agreed sum of $48. The Heath Lumber Manufacturing Company was during this time the owner of the saw-mill and a large amount of personal property, all of…
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, J.1
The statute (Laws 1878, c. 86; Gen. St. 1878, c.-90, §§ 22-26) provides for a lien to secure the wages of mechanics, laborers, and servants in certain cases. It is provided by the first-section of the act that “no such claim shall be a lien upon any real or personal estate, unless the same shall be filed, if real estate, in the office of register of deeds of the county in which such real estate is-situated, within one month after the claim becomes due, in the same-manner as mechanics’ liens are now filed; and, if upon personal property, such claims shall be filed in the office…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Kruse v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ulmer v. Portage Construction & Finance Co.Summit County Court of Common Pleas · 1923
- Meehan v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901