Maryland Casualty Co. v. Des Moines City Evangelization Union
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court. — Lawrence De Graff, Judge. Suit in equity to foreclose a mechanics’ lien. A decree was entered, finding defendant indebted to plaintiff, as assignee of one Errington, a building contractor, in the sum of $1,362.43, and establishing a lien therefor upon certain property, subject, however, to the payment of certain debts due from Errington to several intervening subcontractors. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
On April 30, 1914, Arthur Errington, a builder, entered into a written contract with the defendant to provide the necessary materials and labor and to construct a certain church building in the city o-f Des Moines, and to complete the same on or before September 1, 1914. The contract price of the building was fixed at $9,880. Payments in installments not to exceed 85% of-the material and labor actually furnished by the contractor were to be made from time to time as the building progressed, — not oftener than once each week, — and the re*248mainder of the contract. p-rice within 30 days after the…
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