McKeen v. Haseltine
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants Haseltine & Farnham and the Minnesota-Title Insurance & Trust Co. from a judgment of the district court for Hennepin county, establishing mechanics’ liens to the amount of $287.78 in favor of plaintiff, and $5,462.06 in favor of the defendant the Willford & Northway Mfg. Co., against certain real estate of defendant James B. Holmes situate in Polk county, and adjudging such liens to be superior to those of the appellants.
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Appeal by defendants Haseltine & Farnham and the Minnesota-Title Insurance & Trust Co. from a judgment of the district court for Hennepin county, establishing mechanics’ liens to the amount of $287.78 in favor of plaintiff, and $5,462.06 in favor of the defendant the Willford & Northway Mfg. Co., against certain real estate of defendant James B. Holmes situate in Polk county, and adjudging such liens to be superior to those of the appellants. The action was brought in Polk county, and by consent of parties removed to Hennepin county, and there tried by Smith, J.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien upon real estate of the defendant Holmes, and to have it adjudged that the rights of the other defendants in the property are subordinate to the plaintiff’s lien. Upon the facts found by the court, it was adjudged that the property was subject to mechanics’ liens in favor of the plaintiff and of the defendant the Willford & Northway Manufacturing Company; that such liens were-co-ordinate; that both were superior to the claims of the other defendants; arid that the property be sold to satisfy such liens. The defendants…
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