W. W. Brown Construction Co. v. Central Illinois Construction Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; ,the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery county; ,the Hon. S. L. Dwight, Judge, presiding. On December 29, 1905, the W. W. Brown Construction Company, the appellant, filed its bill in the circuit court of Montgomery county against the Central Illinois Construction Company, the St. Louis and Northeastern Railway Company, (appellees,) and the Equitable Trust Company, to enforce a sub-contractor’s lien against the property of the railway company, under paragraph 8 of chapter 82, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The initial question in this litigation is whether the appellant has a lien by virtue of paragraph 8 of chapter 82, Hurd’s Revised Statutes of 1905, which reads as follows: “Every person who shall hereafter, as sub-contractor, material-man, or laborer, furnish to any contractor with any such railroad corporation any fuel, ties, materials, supplies, or any' other article or thing, or who shall do and perform any work or labor for such contractor in conformity with any terms of any contract, express or implied, which such contractor may have made with any such railroad corporation, shall have a…
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