Becker v. Hecker

This was an action to enforce a mechanic’s lien. Hecker was the plaintiff below, and Becker the defendant. The complaint charges that defendant was indebted to plaintiff, who was a carpenter, 290 dollars, for furnishing materials and for work and labor, in the construction of a frame house for defendant, on lot No. 11, in Orth’s addition to Lafayette; that the house was completed October 10,1853, and on the 21st of November, the plaintiff filed in the recorder’s office a notice that he intended to hold a lien upon the building and lot for the 290 dollars. Plaintiff demanded a judgment for his…