Werner v. Hammill

While the defendant-appellant, Mae J. Hammill, owned as a homestead certain real estate in Cedar Rapids, valued at “from ,$2000 to $3500”, she authorized Charles T. Werner, the appellee on this appeal, to perform some work on, and supply materials for, the homestead, which subjected it to a mechanic’s lien. Apparently the original amount of the mechanic’s lien aggregated $24.51.

For some reason, perhaps because of her impoverished condition, the appellant did not pay the appellee Werner the amount secured by the mechanic’s lien, so, in order to obtain the funds secured by the mechanic’s lien,…