Merithew v. Bennett

• Butzel, J.

Plaintiff, doing business as the Yickeryville Lumber Company, brought suit against Anna M. Bennett, record owner of certain property, and Parmer Beahan, the lessee, under a written lease, defendants herein, to foreclose a mechanic’s lien filed against the 40 acres in Lyons township, Ionia county, Michigan, on which the leased building stood. Inasmuch as the attorney for defendant Bennett conceded at the hearing that there was nothing technically wrong with the “lien papers,” we limit our discussion solely to the question of whether the lumber company is entitled to a lien for…