John Spry Lumber Co. v. Sault Savings Bank Loan & Trust Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa. (Grant, J., presiding.) Proceedings under mechanics’ lien law of 1887. Plaintiff brings error from judgment holding the law unconstitutional. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
Plaintiff sued, counting expressly on the lien law (Act No. 270, Laws of 1887), claiming a lien on the banking-house of the principal defendant for lumber furnished the defendants Myers, and used in its construction.
The Savings Bank Loan & Trust Company made a written contract with the defendants Myers, June 27, 1887, to.begin by July, 1887, and finish by November 1, for $27,000, the building in question, payable on monthly estimates, with the usual drawback of 20 per cent, to be held till completion. The court below held the lien law of 1887 to be unconstitutional, and gave judgment on the…
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