Legal Opinion

Oregon Lumber Co. v. Beckleen

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided March 6, 1906PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Dallas District Court.— TIon. J. H. Apple-gate, J udge. Action to recover for lumber sold by the plaintiff to Joseph O’Neal, and to establish a lien upon the land of the other defendants.

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Appeal from Dallas District Court.— TIon. J. H. Apple-gate, J udge. Action to recover for lumber sold by the plaintiff to Joseph O’Neal, and to establish a lien upon the land of the other defendants. The petition was dismissed as to Iolanda Beckleen, and decree entered establishing a mechanic’s lien against the house and the leasehold interest of O’Neal in the land, and also establishing the plaintiff’s claim" as an equitable lien against G. W. Becldeon’s interest in the land. The latter appeals.—

1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.

Iolanda and G. W. Beckleen owned 10. acres of land. The latter had leased it in 1902 to Joseph O’Neal for a period of ten years for the purpose of mining coal therefrom. In January, 1903, O’Neal applied to the plaintiff for lumber with which to erect a dwelling house upon this land, and according to the testimony of Taylor, the-manager of plaintiff’s yard, was informed that it was not the cutom of the company to sell lumber on credit to any one, except the owner of the premises on which the building was to be erected, and advised him that an order from the owner was necessary. This was…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Miller v. HollingsworthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hunt Hardware Co. v. HerzoffSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
  2. Southern Surety Co. v. York Tire ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1929
  3. Darragh v. KnolkSupreme Court of Iowa · 1934
  4. First State Bank v. WestendorfSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931
  5. Lane-Moore Lumber Co. v. KloppenburgSupreme Court of Iowa · 1927

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