Rittenhouse & Embree Co. v. Barry
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for a Mechanic’s Lien. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1601. Statement by the Court. — One of the appellants, Rittenhouse & Embree Co., a corporation, filed its bill in the Circuit Court, whereby it sought a mechanic’s lien on six flat buildings and the real estate on which they wTere situated, for certain lumber furnished to Stevens & Sherbrook, original contractors for…
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Bill for a Mechanic’s Lien. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edmund W. Burke, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1601. Statement by the Court. — One of the appellants, Rittenhouse & Embree Co., a corporation, filed its bill in the Circuit Court, whereby it sought a mechanic’s lien on six flat buildings and the real estate on which they wTere situated, for certain lumber furnished to Stevens & Sherbrook, original contractors for doing the carpenter and mill work on said buildings, under a verbal c ntract made about May 9, 1896, set out in the bill.…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Windes
delivered the opinion of the court.
First, as to the claim of Stevens & Sherbrook, the original contractors for furnishing the material therefor, and doing the carpenter work. It appears from the findings of the commissioner, among other things, in substance, that a verbal contract dated May 6,1896, between Stevens & Sherbrook and Barry & Fellows was made on that day, for furnishing the material and doing the carpenter and mill work for the erection of six buildings on premises owned by Barry & Fellows, the title to which was in Barry; that by the terms of said…
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