Clark v. North
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sauk county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. This is an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon the lands described for 245 feet of casing or tubing, of the reasonable value of sixty cents per foot, put into a well drilled by the plaintiff thereon between March 20, 1906, and April 13, 1906. The complaint, among other things essential in such cases, alleges, in effect, that prior to March 20, 1906, the defendant entered into an…
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sauk county: E. Rat Stevens, Circuit Judge. This is an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon the lands described for 245 feet of casing or tubing, of the reasonable value of sixty cents per foot, put into a well drilled by the plaintiff thereon between March 20, 1906, and April 13, 1906. The complaint, among other things essential in such cases, alleges, in effect, that prior to March 20, 1906, the defendant entered into an optional contract with one Rodgers, whereby the defendant optioned the lands therein described to Rodgers on condition…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, C. J.
Undoubtedly the statute gives to every person who performs any work or labor or furnishes any material in digging a well a lien upon the interest of the owner of any such structure, “or of the interest of the person causing such work or labor to be done, or such materials ... to be furnished, in and to the land upon which the same is situated, not exceeding forty acres,” and also pro*602vides that “such lien . . . shall also attach to and be a lien upon the real property of any person upon whose premises snch improvements are made, such owner having knowledge thereof cmd consenting thereto, and…
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