Rittenhouse & Embree Co. v. F. E. Brown & Co.

The appellant filed a bill in the superior court of Cook county for a mechanic’s lien for lumber furnished by appellant, as a sub-contractor, to F. E. Brown & Co., the original contractor with the appellee Adelaide E. Jones, for the reinforced concrete construction required in the erection of a three-story brick and reinforced concrete laundry building. The lumber was of the value of $547.11, of which $270 was paid and a lien was claimed for the remainder, $277.11. The lumber did not enter into the permanent construction of the building and was not furnished for that purpose but for false…