Burgess v. M. C. & N. W. Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from CheroJcee District Court. Action by Burgess to foreclose a mechanic’s lien on the road-bed of the Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern Railroad Company. The pleadings, and proceedings, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. A money-judgment was entered by consent; but the distriot court, at the October Term 1874, refused to decree a lien on the road-bed for the amount due, and Burgess brings the case here on error.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Plaintiff sued for work done in constructing defendant’s road-bed, and to foreclose a mechanic’s lien thereon. A demurrer to the petition was filed by defendant. Before any hearing was had, this agreement was entered into:
“It is hereby agreed, that a judgment may be entered in the above-stated case in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of seventy-three thousand six hundred and sixty-one dollars. And it is also hereby agreed, that the judgment so entered will be entitled to a credit of the amount which has been paid to sub-contractors and…
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