Campbell v. Jacobson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. H. M. Shefakd, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District; —heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. H. M. Shefakd, Judge, presiding. On the 19th day of December, 1890, two separate petitions, which were afterwards consolidated, were filed by Archibald Campbell against Fannie Jacobson, Morris Jacobson, Solomon Freehling and others, for the establishment and foreclosure of mechanics’ liens upon two adjoining lots, known as 3142 and 3144 Shields avenue, Chicago, for labor and material furnished by Campbell in the construction of buildings thereon. The labor…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bailey
The first section of the statute in relation to Mechanic’s Liens provides, that any person “who shall, by contract, express or implied, or partly expressed and partly implied, with the owner of any lot or piece of land, furnish labor or material” in erecting a house or other building on such land, shall have a lien upon the lot or piece of land and upon the building for the amount due him for such labor and material. It thus appears that the first and indispensable requisite is, that the labor and material for which the lien is sought to be enforced shall have been furnished by the…
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