Fitzpatrick v. Ernst
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., who found that plaintiffs were entitled to a lien in the sum of $109 and ordered a sale of the premises to satisfy the lien. From an order denying a motion to amend the findings, and for judgment notwithstanding the findings, or for a new trial, plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The plaintiffs claim a lien for labor and materials supplied to Casper Ernst for re*196pairs and changes on the Ernst Building, an eight-story office building. Ernst, the owner of the premises during the time the materials and labor were supplied, on September 16, 1903, mortgaged them to the defendant, George Meyer, to secure the sum of $22,000. Meyer had no actual knowledge nor notice of any claim of the plaintiffs when he took his mortgage. The title afterward passed to him by foreclosure. The premises were also subject to other mortgages. The…
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