Pell v. Cole
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 52 — PETITION EQUITY — APPEAL FROM M’CRACKEN EOUITY AND CRIMINAL COURT. cited Rev. Stat.,p. 199, sees. 20, 22; Ib.,p. 388.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE STITES
delivered the opinion of the court:
This was an action brought by Cole against Pell and wife upon a note for $300, executed by them after marriage* for *253work and labor done in building an addition to a dwelling-house situated upon land belonging to the wife.
The plaintiff asserted and sought to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon the property for the payment of his debt.
The defendants resisted the relief, upon the ground that the work was so defective as to be valueless; and the wife likewise relied upon her coverture, and denied the plaintiff’s right to subject her property to the…
2Cited by2 opinions
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- Roberts v. RiggsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1886