Warren Webster & Co. v. Beaumont Hotel Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeals from orders of tbe circuit court for Brown county S. D. BAstiNgs, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleges tbat tbe plaintiff Warren Webster & Company, as a subcontractor of Martin & Wigman, bas a lien for labor and materials used in tbe construction of tbe Beaumont hotel, and tbat tbe plaintiff Krueger, as a subcontractor of tbe Kirlcman Construction Company, bas a similar lien upon tbe same property.
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Appeals from orders of tbe circuit court for Brown county S. D. BAstiNgs, Circuit Judge. Tbe complaint in tbis action alleges tbat tbe plaintiff Warren Webster & Company, as a subcontractor of Martin & Wigman, bas a lien for labor and materials used in tbe construction of tbe Beaumont hotel, and tbat tbe plaintiff Krueger, as a subcontractor of tbe Kirlcman Construction Company, bas a similar lien upon tbe same property. Tbe various statutory requirements for tbe establishment of liens are alleged. It appears that on October 4, 1909, Martin & Wigman entered into a contract with tbe Beaumont…
1Opinion of the CourtSiebeckee, J.
Tbe questions raised by tbe different demurrers to tbe complaint and tbe cross-complaints of tbe Beaumont Hotel Company and tbe subcontractors as lienors may be treated together, because tbe same subjects are involved in tbeir consideration and decision. In natural sequence, tbe question of tbe nature and extent of tbe liability of tbe sureties under tbe bonds given by tbem to tbe principal contractors to secure performance of tbe contracts for tbe construction of tbe hotel, and the nature of tbe action for tbe enforcement and foreclosure of tbe alleged liens, should be first considered.
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