Fidelity Storage Corp. v. Trussed Concrete Steel Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This cause comes here on appeal from a decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in equity in a suit brought by appellee, Trussed Concrete Steel Company, a corporation, complainant below, to enforce the payment' of a mechanic’s lien for steel furnished for the erection of a warehouse for the appellant Fidelity Storage Corporation under a contract with the appellant Karrick. It appears…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
At the outset we are confronted with an important legal proposition, which, we think, is sufficient to dispose of this cause. Was the notice of mechanic’s lien in compliance with the requirements of the statute? The notice reads as follows :
Supreme Court, District of Columbia.
No. 5379.
Trussed Concrete Steel Company, Claimant, a Corporation,
vs.
Fidelity Storage Corporation, Owner, a Corporation.
Notice of Lien.
Notice is hereby given that we intend to hold a mechanic’s lien upon all that piece or parcel of land known and described as and being all of original lot numbered eighteen (18) and *8the…
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