Merritt v. Hopkins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon. J. J. Hey, Judge. This case involves the right of subcontractors to mechanics’ liens upon a dwelling house which defendant Hopkins, as contractor, built for the defendants Ellen H. Ballou and F. B. Ballou. In addition to the plaintiffs there were several other subcontractors who claimed liens. These claimants are E. Kline, G. F. ■Grane, L. M. Stevens, I. R. Preble, M. V. Iliff, and J. C. Primus.
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Appeal from Buchanan District Court. — Hon. J. J. Hey, Judge. This case involves the right of subcontractors to mechanics’ liens upon a dwelling house which defendant Hopkins, as contractor, built for the defendants Ellen H. Ballou and F. B. Ballou. In addition to the plaintiffs there were several other subcontractors who claimed liens. These claimants are E. Kline, G. F. ■Grane, L. M. Stevens, I. R. Preble, M. V. Iliff, and J. C. Primus. All of the subcontractors commenced actions to establish their liens. These actions were consolidated and tried as one cause. It was determined by the court…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, C. J.
*6541 *653I. Ellen H. Ballou is the wife of F. B. Ballou, and is the owner of the lot upon which the dwelling house was erected. On the first day of August, 1893, a written contract was entered into between Hopkins and Ellen Ballou, by which Hopkins undertook to furnish the materials, and build and complete the house in four months. The contract price-*654for building the house was four thousand one hundred dollars, and payment was to be made as follows: “At the end of each month, ninety (90) per cent, of the value of the work actually done, to be estimated by the architect in charge of said building, and…
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