Legal Opinion

Livesey v. Brown

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 1892PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the district court for Douglas county. Heard below before Clarkson, J. the Crane Elevator Co., cited: Simon v. Brown, 3 Yeates [Pa.], 186; Heister

1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.

This action was brought by Henry Livesey to foreclose a mechanic’s lien upon lot 3 in block 317, in the city of Omaha, and the building situated thereon owned by the *113defendant Neis O. Brown. The defendants Goodman & Cooper, Omaha Cut Stone Company, and Crane Elevator Company each filed a cross-petition setting up a mechanic’s lien on the same property and praying a foreclosure thereof. The Portsmouth Savings Bank in its cross-petition asks the foreclosure of a mortgage, and the Omaha Lumber Company claims a lien by virtue of a deed absolute on its face, which was intended as a mortgage. Upon…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Christie v. HaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Andruss v. Mayor of North PlatteNebraska Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Zarrs v. KeckNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Haggerty v. Building Investment Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1920

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