Carthage Marble & White-Lime Co. v. Bauman
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge The estate of a married woman in realty may bo subjected to a mechanics’ lien. If she has personal knowledge of the work, to some extent gives personal directions respecting it, and offers to join in a note for the settlement of the claim (which note is declined),. these facts warrant the affirmance of a judgment sustaining the lien.
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Appeal from the St Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Leroy B. Valliant, Judge The estate of a married woman in realty may bo subjected to a mechanics’ lien. If she has personal knowledge of the work, to some extent gives personal directions respecting it, and offers to join in a note for the settlement of the claim (which note is declined),. these facts warrant the affirmance of a judgment sustaining the lien. “ If a married woman looks on approvingly and sees her estate improved by the money and labor of the industrious, it would be a gross injustice to-shield the property thus benefited from…
1Opinion of the CourtBiggs, J.
The circuit court decided that, under the plaintiff’s evidence, it was not entitled to a mechanic’s lien against the real estate of the defendant, Miriam Bauman. The plaintiff took a nonsuit as to the lien; The propriety of this ruling is the only question presented by the record.
We are justified in the statement, that the plaintiff ’ s evidence tended to establish the following state of .facts: That Mrs. Bauman, the wife of her codefendant, *389Meyer Bauman, owned the fee of the lot upon which the dwelling was built; that the defendant Bornschein was the original contractor for the stone work on…
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- Leisse v. SchwartzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1879
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