Prescott v. Maxwell
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Erastus S. Williams, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bbeese
This was a petition, by a sub-contractor, to enforce a mechanic’s lien, under the act of 1863. This act is applicable to a few counties only, in the State, and its construction is now before us for the first time.
The original contractors were Clancy & Walsh, who engaged to finish the building complete, for three thousand one hundred dollars, to be paid as the work progressed, with the privilege reserved to the owner of the lot to retain ten per cent., as her security.
The contract was made June 9,1864, and the whole amount of the payments, without any reservation, was made to the contractors…
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