Norris v. Nitsch

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in an action to foreclose a mechanics lien filed in the district court of Douglas County, Kansas. A general contractor, Otto W. Nitsch, joined as a defendant, built a house on a one-acre tract of land and in his answer requested specific performance of an oral agreement or promise for the conveyance of this tract. The plumbers, plaintiffs, and the lumbermen, defendants, as lien claimants, also sought to enforce this alleged oral agreement and to foreclose their respective hens. The aggrieved parties duly perfected their…