Stevens v. David

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

W. B. Stevens doing business as Stevens Furnace Company, filed a suit in the circuit court of Kane county against Michael David to foreclose a mechanic’s lien arising out of the sale and installation of an automatic oil burner for the heating plant in the hotel owned by the defendant, David. The defendant filed an answer and counterclaim and the case was then referred to the master in chancery 'for a hearing. The master found that the equities of the case were in favor of the plaintiff and recommended that a decree be entered in…