Stevens v. Burnham

There has been in this court no attempt to defend the judgment appealed from, and it seems to us to be indefensible. The action was brought to foreclose a mechanic’s lien upon a quarter section of land in Ouster county. The asserted right to a lien is based upon a sale of lumber which was used in the construction of a barn. The lumber was bought and the bam built by Horace A. Burnham in *6731893 while he was living upon and farming the land. The appellants, S. H. Burnham and S.' W. Burnham, contend that they are the legal and equitable owners of the farm and deny that they gave any authority…