Burkhart v. Reisig
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a petition for a mechanics’ lien, filed in the Cook County Court of Common Pleas, by appellee, against appellants, based on a contract which is set out in the opinion. The case was afterwards transferred to the Superior Court of Chicago.
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This was a petition for a mechanics’ lien, filed in the Cook County Court of Common Pleas, by appellee, against appellants, based on a contract which is set out in the opinion. The case was afterwards transferred to the Superior Court of Chicago. To this petition the defendants filed a special demurrer, and alleged, as causes of demurrer— 1. That it does not appear, by the said petition, that said contract was made with the owner of the premises. 2. The petition does not show a contract to erect said engine, etc., on the land or lot described. 3. It does not allege any contract within the…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
To dispose of this case properly, it is only necessary to refer to the contract under which this engine .and appurtenances were furnished, and labor bestowed. It is made an exhibit, in the possession of the plaintiff, and is as follows:
“ Articles of Agreement, made and entered into this twenty-second day of April, 1859, between Charles Reisig, of Chicago, 111., party of the first part, and William and Frederick Burkhart, of the same place, party of the second part, to wit:
“ The party of the first part agrees to build, for the party of the second part, one upright steam engine, of seven inch…
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