Tarr v. Muir
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 49 — ACTION TO ENFORCE MECHANIC’S LIEN APPEAL FROM BOTJRBON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. As to the difference between a femme sole and a married woman under the act of 1894, who is not a femme sole: Ky. Stats., secs. 2127, 2128, 2147; Geni. Stats., eh. 52, art. 2, sec. 6; Hart v. Grigsby, 14 Bush, 553; Sypert v. Harrison, 88 Ky., 461; Garner v. Willis, 92 Ky., 386. 2. Where an agent fails to- disclose the principal, the principal is still liable.
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Case 49 — ACTION TO ENFORCE MECHANIC’S LIEN APPEAL FROM BOTJRBON CIRCUIT COURT. 1. As to the difference between a femme sole and a married woman under the act of 1894, who is not a femme sole: Ky. Stats., secs. 2127, 2128, 2147; Geni. Stats., eh. 52, art. 2, sec. 6; Hart v. Grigsby, 14 Bush, 553; Sypert v. Harrison, 88 Ky., 461; Garner v. Willis, 92 Ky., 386. 2. Where an agent fails to- disclose the principal, the principal is still liable. Tutt v. Brown, 5 Litt., 2; Wilson v. Thompson, 1 Met., 127. The contract for the improvement of Mrs. Muir’s property was ¡mot made w-ith her or with…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The object of this action was the enforcement of certain liens upon a house and lot owned by the appellee, Kate L. Muir: the alleged liens being for labor and material used *284in the building of a dwelling house upon a lot of ground in Paris, Ky., the property of appellee, Mrs. Muir.
The building of the house, labor and material furnished were not controverted.
It also seems that the several appellants filed their claims in the county clerk’s office, claiming and asserting their alleged liens in the mannér and within the' time provided by law.
The labor…
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