Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. v. Manulife Real Estate Co.

The plaintiff, Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. (Ryerson), brought suit to foreclose a mechanics’ lien on property owned by defendant Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (Manulife). Manulife had employed defendant E.W. Corrigan Construction Company (Corrigan) as the general contractor on a project requiring Corrigan to construct a new office building in Schaumburg, Illinois. Corrigan, in turn, entered into a subcontract with Crescent Corporation (Crescent) that required Crescent to fabricate and install a curtain wall on the project. Crescent then contracted with Ryerson for the furnishing of…