Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Lyons v. Phillips

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1901No. 19,743PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From Vigo Superior Court; S. G. Stimson, Judge. Mandamus by State, on relation of Winfield S. Phillips, recorder of Vigo county, to compel the latter to record notice of mechanic’s lien for twenty-five cents. From a judgment for defendant, relator appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.

The State on the relation of Winfield S. Lyons filed a verified petition in the lower court for a mandamus to compel the appellee, as recorder of Vigo county, to receive from relator and record for him in the recorder’s office of that county a certain written notice to John A. McDaniels and others, wherein the relator declared his intention to hold a mechanic’s lien upon certain property therein described. The petition, among other things, alleged “that *482on the 21st day of August, 1901, the relator presented said notice to Phillips as such recorder at the recorder’s office, in the city of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Scott v. GoldinghorstIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  2. McCarty v. BurnetIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  3. Wasson v. BeauchampIndiana Supreme Court · 1858
  4. Davis v. McMillanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1895

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Coleman v. Brotherhood State BankCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1979
  2. Chambers v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
  3. Curlee Clothing Co. v. LoweryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  4. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Aetna InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1969

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