Legal Opinion

Berndt v. Armknecht

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 12, 1893PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Memorandum.—Mechanics’ lien. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Petition for a lien; decree pro confesso; appeal by defendants. Heard in tins court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion oe the Court,

Gary, P. J.

This writ of error is prosecuted to reverse decrees for mechanics’ liens. Three persons, not parties here, were made defendants below, two of whom answered setting up mortgages against the plaintiffs in error, and the other demurred, and the petitions were dismissed as to those three. The plaintiffs in error, being sued as owners of the premises, made no defense, and the petitions as to them were taken as confessed.

It is now urged as error that there is a defect of parties, because those mortgages were dismissed. That objection can not be, for the first time,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. St. Louis National Stock Yards v. O'ReillyIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  2. James v. HambletonIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Portones v. BadenochIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. McDonald v. RosengartenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1889
  5. Van Pelt v. DunfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1871

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Mantonya v. ReillyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
  2. Rubendall v. TarboxAppellate Court of Illinois · 1916
  3. Fried v. BlanchardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895
  4. Mantonya v. ReillyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1899
  5. Sebastian v. RassAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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