Hammond Hotel & Improvement Co. v. Williams

On Petition for Rehearing.

Lockyear, J.

— Both the appellant and the appellees herein have filed petitions for rehearing.

We agree with the appellee that there must be an end to litigation and that the decision by this court rendered narrows the field of controversy to the one question: Is the appellee, Williams, entitled to a lien? If she is not, no good purpose could be served by a retrial of this case.

As was said in the case of Van Dyck Heating and Plumbing Co. v. Central Iowa Bldg. Co. (1925), 200 Iowa 1003, 205 N. W. 650, 651: “A mechanic’s lien is a right or privilege given to a contractor…