Price v. Seydel
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie Circuit Court. This is an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien against lot No. ten, block No. three, in Stuart, for the balance of a bill of lumber sold to the defendant, H. B. Seydel, and used in the erection of a building on said lot.
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Appeal from Guthrie Circuit Court. This is an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien against lot No. ten, block No. three, in Stuart, for the balance of a bill of lumber sold to the defendant, H. B. Seydel, and used in the erection of a building on said lot. An amendment to the petition alleges that the bill of the lumber was filed for record in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court, and duly entered as a mechanic’s lien upon the lot described in the petition, on the 14th day of February, 1876, and that the same is now lost. The defendant, IT. B. Seydel, answered specifically denying that…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, Oh. J.
The defendant, Emily Seydel, is the same person as the intervenor, the wife of BE. B. Seydel, her name being incorrectly set forth in the petition. From July 31st to August 21st, 1875, plaintiffs sold to the defendant, EL B. Seydel, a bill of lumber amounting to $277.49. On the 28th of April, 1876, EL B. Seydel executed his note for $140, the balance due on account. Afterward he paid on this note $40.33. On the 16th day of October, 1875, Emma A. Seydel purchased the lot in controversy, with her own means, from Charles Stuart; and on the 6th day of November, 1876, she obtained a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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