Fleming v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Ramsey county, to establish and enforce a lien for $5,102.68, upon'a cable line of street railway of the defendant. At the trial, before Otis, J., the verified lien-statement, filed by plaintiff in the registry of deeds, was offered in evidence, and, on defendant’s objection, was excluded, the plaintiff excepting.
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Action brought in the district court for Ramsey county, to establish and enforce a lien for $5,102.68, upon'a cable line of street railway of the defendant. At the trial, before Otis, J., the verified lien-statement, filed by plaintiff in the registry of deeds, was offered in evidence, and, on defendant’s objection, was excluded, the plaintiff excepting. On defendant’s motion the action was dismissed, the plaintiff excepting; a.new trial was refused, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDicKinson, J.
This is an action to enforce a'mechanic’s lien. This appeal presents questions as to the sufficiency of the lien-statement and of the complaint, under the statute in force prior to the enactment of the lien law of 1889. As respects the property sought to be charged with a lien, the complaint alleges the ownership by the defendant — a domestic corporation — of “certain lines of railway” in the city of St. Paul; that it entered into a contract with the New York Cable Railway Construction Company, a foreign corporation, whereby the latter agreed to construct “a line of railroad in said city for…
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