Koenig v. McCARTHY CONSTR. CO., INC.

Defendants, McCarthy Construction Co., Inc., a corporation, and the City of Joliet, Illinois, are appealing from a decree entered by the circuit court of Will county awarding plaintiffs hens in the respective amounts of $2,156.33 to plaintiff Boy Koenig, $1,105.66 to plaintiff Newkirk Transit Mix, Inc., and $640 to plaintiff Joliet Boiler & Machine Works, Inc., together with interest thereon, on funds withheld by the City of Joliet and due to the defendant McCarthy Construction Co., Inc. under a public improvement contract.

The salient issues on this appeal are whether plaintiffs can be deemed…