R. Haas Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Springfield Amusement Park Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard ■ in that court on appeal to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard ■ in that court on appeal to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery filed by the R. Haas Electric and Manufacturing Company (which will hereinafter be designated as the electric company,) against the Springfield Amusement Park Company, (which for convenience is hereinafter called the park company,) the Peter Vredenburgh Dumber Company, (hereinafter called the lumber company,) Thomas D. Hogan, F. Reisch & Bros., and certain other parties, defendants, to enforce…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Vickers
First—Appellants’ first, and most serious contention is, that the court erred in decreeing a lien against the interests of E. Reisch & Bros, and Thomas D. Hogan, appellants’ contention being that only the interest of the park company should be subjected to a lien for these improvements.
Section i of the Mechanic’s Lien law, as amended in 1903, (Hurd’s Stat. 1905, p. 1317,) provides: “That any person who shall by any contract or contracts, expressed or implied, or partly expressed and partly implied, with the owner of a lot or tract of land, or with one whom such owner has authorized or…
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- Manowsky v. StephanIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
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- Dobschuetz v. HollidayIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
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- Monson v. MeyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
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