Hayes v. Hammond & Chapman

The master disallowed $63 of the complainants’ claim; such being the case, it is contended that appellees did not file a just and true statement of account or demand, and therefore should not be allowed a lien. We do not think that a strict construction of the lien law requires us to so hold.

There is nothing tending to show that the complainants did not file their claim in good faith, or that they thought any portion of it unjust or untrue. There is a wide distinction between an unallowable and an unjust claim.

In Culver v. Schroth, 153 Ill. 437, the insertion in the claim of an item…