Burlington Manufacturing Co. v. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Hennepin county, Smith, J., sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
1. Appellant is a subcontractor who furnished material for the erection of the new courthouse and city hall building in Minneapolis, and brought this action to enforce an alleged mechanic’s lien against the building for the value of said material. The court below sustained a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
We are of the opinion that the demurrer was properly sustained. That a mechanic’s lien cannot be acquired against such a public building is fully settled by the case of Jordan v. Board, 39 Minn. 298,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Jordan v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
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