Colonial Brick Co. v. Zimmerman

The action is to foreclose mechanics’ liens. The issue here is between defendants Soltesz and Sipos. Sipos had decree.

Soltesz and wife were tenants by the entireties in a lot. Soltesz and Sipos, a building contractor, negotiated for two weeks about constructing a house on the lot. Soltesz did not have enough money to finance it, as Sipos knew, but was willing to build if Sipos would take two land contracts, each at $1,000, in part payment. Sipos knew that his obtaining the building contract depended on his agreeing to take the land contracts as payment. He inspected the lands covered by them…