Brown v. Rodocker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. After the plaintiff had introduced his evidence, the circuit court, without hearing evidence on the part of defendants, upon their motion, dismissed plaintiff’s petition. lie now appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The facts disclosed by plaintiff’s evidence are as follows: Plaintiff traded to defendant, Bodocker, eighty acres of land in Olay county for a house and lot in Scranton. There was an estimated difference in values of $250 in favor of the Scranton property, which plaintiff undertook to pay by work and materials to be furnished for a house to be built in Churdan. The Scranton property was encumbered to the amount of $250. The conveyances of the separate properties were made pursuant to this trade, and plaintiff furnished the material and performed the work stipulated for upon the Churdan…
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