Smith v. Wilcox
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, J udge. These are separate lien suits by H. N. Smith against Nathan AYilcox and others, and against Isaac Tur pie and others. • In 1902, G. H. Dammeier Company, a private corporation, entered into a contract with Nathan AYilcox, whereby, for the consideration of $650, it agreed to sell to AYilcox the east half of lots 5 and 8, in block 3, Doscher’s Second Addition to Portland, and for the further consideration of $1,510 to construct thereon…
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From Multnomah: Arthur L. Frazer, J udge. These are separate lien suits by H. N. Smith against Nathan AYilcox and others, and against Isaac Tur pie and others. • In 1902, G. H. Dammeier Company, a private corporation, entered into a contract with Nathan AYilcox, whereby, for the consideration of $650, it agreed to sell to AYilcox the east half of lots 5 and 8, in block 3, Doscher’s Second Addition to Portland, and for the further consideration of $1,510 to construct thereon for him an eight-room house, according to certain plans and specifications then submitted. At the same time the company…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice AVolverton
*3251. Appellants’ counsel first insist that a subcontractor is not within the. purview of the mechanic’s lien statute, and hence he cannot claim its benefits. The question is wholly one of construction. “Every mechanic, artisan, machinist, builder, contractor, lumber merchant, laborer, teamster, drayman, and other person performing labor upon or furnishing material, or transporting or hauling any material of any kind, to be used in the construction, alteration, or repair, either in whole or in part, of any building, wharf, * * or any structure or superstructure, shall have a lien upon the same…
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