Reiley v. Ward

Opinion by

Kinney, J.

Petition, by Reiley for a mechanics’ lien for excavating four hundred and twenty yards of dirt for the cellar of the dwelling house of Ward. He alleges that there was a contract by which said Ward was to have entered for him forty acres of land. That the land never was entered by said Ward for plaintiff, and that he refused to furnish the money to enter the same-. Whereupon he prays a mechanics’ lien for the valúe of the labor. This petition was demurred to, and the following assigned for cause: First — That plaintiff gave a merely personal credit to said Ward, and no…