Legal Opinion

Cutler & Parker v. McCormick, Hall & Porter

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 20, 1878PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Black Hawk Circuit Court. On the 2d day of November, 1875, the plaintiffs filed in the Black Hawk Circuit Court a petition claiming of the defendants, McCormick, Hall & Porter, the sum of four hundred and twelve dollars and sixty cents, on account of building material furnished for the erection of a school-house for the independent district of East Waterloo, and asking the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien upon said budding therefor.

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Appeal from Black Hawk Circuit Court. On the 2d day of November, 1875, the plaintiffs filed in the Black Hawk Circuit Court a petition claiming of the defendants, McCormick, Hall & Porter, the sum of four hundred and twelve dollars and sixty cents, on account of building material furnished for the erection of a school-house for the independent district of East Waterloo, and asking the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien upon said budding therefor. On the 7th day of March, 1876, Bicker & Lindley filed their petition of intervention as follows: “1. That they are a copartnership; that on or about…

1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.

1. mechanic’s lien.: sub-contractor. The errors assigned are — First, the court erred in sustaining the demurrer of intervenors to plaintiffs’ answer to their petition; second, the court erred in ren- . , . clermg judgment against plaintiffs for costs, on the trial of the issue of law made by intervenors’ demurrer to-plaintiffs’ answer to their petition; third, the court erred in rendering judgment in favor of intervenors for the sum due. from defendant, independent school district of East Waterloo, to defendants McCormick, Hall & Porter, and in deciding and adjudging that plaintiffs, upon…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cahoon v. LevyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856
  2. McAlpin v. DuncanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
  3. Manny & Co. v. FrenchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
  4. Blythe v. PoultneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wheelock v. HullSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  2. Wickham Bros. v. MonroeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894

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