Frey v. Leidigh & Havens Lumber Co.

The defendant herein Leidigh Havens Lumber Company, a corporation, obtained a judgment, in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, foreclosing a mechanic's or materialman's lien against a certain lot, in that county, and a building erected thereon. A special execution was issued and defendant Smedley, the sheriff of Jackson County, advertised a sale of the property thereunder. About a week before the advertised date of sale the plaintiff herein Jacob W. Frey, the then owner of the property, brought this suit alleging that as to himself and those through whom he derived title the decree and…