Wilson v. School District No. 2
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Anderson District Court. Emory Wilson, on the 3d of January 1873, filed in the proper office his statement for a mechanic’s lien, claiming a lien on a certain school-house, and the lots upon which it was situated — property of School District No. 2, Anderson county.
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Error from Anderson District Court. Emory Wilson, on the 3d of January 1873, filed in the proper office his statement for a mechanic’s lien, claiming a lien on a certain school-house, and the lots upon which it was situated — property of School District No. 2, Anderson county. Shortly afterward Wilson filed his petition in the district . court, claiming a money-judgment against Isaac Usher, who had contracted with said school district to build said schoolhouse, and the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien against said school district, Wilson claiming to be a sub-contractor under said Usher. Usher…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Are the provisions of the lien law of 1872 applicable in case of the erection by school districts of public school buildings? This is the principal question in this case, and must, we think, be answered in the affirmative. The language of the act is general and contains in itself no express or implied exceptions of school or other public buildings. “Any mechanic or other person who shall under contract with the owner of any tract or piece of land, his agent or trustee, * * * perform labor or furnish material for erecting, altering, or…
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