Walden v. Robertson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The lien for labor done and materials furnished under an entire contract upon several buildings owned by the same person and situated on the same or contiguous lots attaches upon the whole estate for the whole value of the labor and material, although the contract specifies separate amounts for the work to be done on each house.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. R. H. Field, Judge. (1) The lien for labor done and materials furnished under an entire contract upon several buildings owned by the same person and situated on the same or contiguous lots attaches upon the whole estate for the whole value of the labor and material, although the contract specifies separate amounts for the work to be done on each house. The object of section 6729 was to do away with the rule laid down in the case of Fitzgerald v. Thomas, 61 Mo. 499. Bulger v. Robertson, 50 Mo. App. 499. Deardorf v. Roy, 50 Mo. App. 70; Heier v. Meisch,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
This was a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for materials furnished and labor performed in erecting the brick walls of six houses upon three adjoining lots, and for materials furnished and labor .performed in erecting a portion of the brick walls of a seventh house upon the east half of another adjoining lot. The lots have a front of fifty feet each, a house being placed upon the west and one upon the east half of each of the three lots and one upon the half lot, leaving a space of three feet between the houses.
According to the record before us Mr. Critchfield held the legal title to the'…
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