Langan v. Sankey

— I. The defendant is an attorney at law, and plaintiffs state in their petition certain claims were placed in his hands, for the purpose of procuring and enforcing mechanic’s liens “thereon as and for sub-contractors, but that by reason of the want of skill, and by reason of the negligence of said defendant, and from no other cause, no notice of the filing of the claims of said parties as sub-contractors was served upon the Iowa, Minnesota & North Pacific Railway Company, its agent or trustee, nor was any attempt made by the defendant to comply with the statute requiring notice,” whereby…