Kick v. Doerste

— The matters in controversy on this appeal are between the plaintiff, who is a mechanic, and the appellant Dreste, who is the owner of a building in the city of St.. Louis. The defendant Doerste made a contract with Dreste to construct for him a brick dwelling-house to be erected on a lot belonging to Dreste. The plaintiff, as a subcontractor under Doerste, furnished the materials for, and did the brick work on, the building. Doerste failed to pay him, and in this action he sought a judgment against Doerste, and the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien against the building and the lot upon which…