Peters v. Killibrew
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Converse County; Hon. Charles E. Winter, Judge. Action by Howard G. Peters against W. L. Killibrew and another. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff ’brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to the District Court, Converse County; Hon. Charles E. Winter, Judge. Action by Howard G. Peters against W. L. Killibrew and another. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff ’brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The court erred in holding that school property is not subject to a mechanic’s lien and that a judgment could not be rendered against a high school district because not en-forcible by execution; the court also erred in holding the district not liable for negligence in not requiring a builder’s bond from the contractor. The demurrer of the high school district…
1Opinion of the Court
Beard, Justice.
The defendant in error, Converse County High School, is a school district and body corporate, organized and existing under and by -virtue of Chapter 142, Comp. Stat. 1910. The other defendant in error, Killibrew, had a contract with the school district to furnish the materials for, and to construct a school building for said school district. The plaintiff in error furnished to Killibrew. certain brick for said building. Killibrew failed to pay for all of said brick, and plaintiff sought by this action to hold the school district for the balance due him for said brick, and to…
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