T. B. Townsend Brick & Contracting Co. v. Allen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

John W. Allen, James P. McGuire, John H. Barry, and T. J. Emlen, who owned sis acres of land near Atchison upon which there were machinery and appliances for the manufacture of vitrified brick, leased the same to John Gaffney for a term of one year at a stipulated rental, payable monthly. The instrument also provided that the lessors should have and retain a lien on the clay and material taken from the premises and upon the brick manufactured there to secure the payment of accrued and unpaid *312rent. Gaffney at once entered into possession of…