Legal Opinion

Bardwell v. Collins

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided July 17, 1890PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Appeal by defendant Henry H. Collins, impleaded with Emilie-Anderson and others, from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Young and Smith, JJ., presiding, refusing to set aside, a» to him, a judgment by default in an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The questions raised by this appeal involve the construction and validity of the provisions of Gen. St. 1878, c. 81, tit. 2, § 28, relating to the service of the summons in actions for the foreclosure of real-estate mortgages, which, by section 8, chapter 90, of the same statutes, are made also applicable to actions to enforce mechanics’ liens. This action "was one to enforce a mechanic’s lien; the complaint alleging that the defendant Collins claimed a lien or interest in the property on which the lien was sought to be enforced, but that it was subsequent and inferior to plaintiffs’ lien,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Arndt v. GriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Hart v. SansomSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Barber v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  4. Brown v. Board of Levee CommissionersMississippi Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Whalley v. EldridgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. State v. SponaugleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Colonial & United States Mortgage Co. v. Northwest Thresher Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Piggly-Wiggly Georgia Co. v. May Investing Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. Mabee v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Dimke v. FinkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940

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