Kankakee Coal Co. v. Crane Bros. Manufacturing Co.

This was a petition to foreclose a mechanic’s lien and to subject the premises, which were the lands of the coal mine of appellant, the Kankakee Coal Company, to sale for the payment of the purchase price of a “horizontal link motion engine for hoisting purposes,” which was purchased and placed on the premises for use, and for which appellant coal company promised to pay $2,200 in installments. ■ The court, upon answer, evidence and stipulation, decreed a lien for the amount and interest, amounting to $2,803.09. From this decree this appeal is taken.

Several objections are made by the…