Purmort v. Tucker Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court, Gilpin County. The petition was filed on the 20th day of October, 1871, by the Tucker Lumber Company against Elizabeth Purmort.
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Appeal from District Court, Gilpin County. The petition was filed on the 20th day of October, 1871, by the Tucker Lumber Company against Elizabeth Purmort. It alleges that the petitioner was, on the 14th May, 1870, engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber, and that on that day it entered into a contract with the defendant to furnish lumber for a dwelling-house, to be erected by the defendant upon a lot therein described; that in pursuance of said contract, and prior to the 19th September, 1870, the petitioners furnished lumber and materials over and above all payments made, of the value…
1Opinion of the CourtHallet, C. J.
This was a bill to enforce a mechanics’ lien under chapter 54 of the Revised Statutes. Pending the suit, the act of 1872, to secure a lien to mechanics and others, was passed, and a question is presented as to the effect of this act upon the prior law. Although the acts differ in form and substance, they refer to the same subject-matter, and there is every reason to believe that the act of 1872 was designed as a substitute for that of 1868. It is true that a lien is given by the new law, in the same class of cases as in the old law, and also in some additional cases, but under different…
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