Freeman v. Rinaker
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Owen P. Thompson, Judge, presiding. This is a petition for a mechanic’s lien, filed by the appellee, John I. Rinaker, Jr., an architect, against the appellant, Clarkson W. Freeman, to enforce a mechanic’s lien for the services of appellee as such architect upon a lot owned by the appellant, situated in the city of Springfield, and upon which the appellant proposed to build a hotel. Appellee prepared plans for a hotel building to be constructed upon the said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The appellee is an architect, and drew certain plans and specifications for and at the request of appellant to be used in the construction of a building upon appellant’s property. The testimony shows that all the plans and specifications for the building were not actually drawn, but that certain plans, called details, intended to indicate the exact dimensions and construction of the separate portions of the work, were not made by appellee. There is proof tending to show that such details are not made use of, until the building is well advanced.
The proposed hotel building was not constructed,…
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