Kuhleman v. Schuler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This is a suit by plaintiff on mechanic’s lien against Charles Schuler as contractor, and Louis Peters as owner of the house upon which the lien is claimed, under the act of February 14, 1857, applicable to St. Louis county only. The plaintiff was a dealer in hardware, and sold articles to Schu-ler, which Schuler used in building the house upon which the lien is claimed.
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Appeal from St. Louis Land Court. This is a suit by plaintiff on mechanic’s lien against Charles Schuler as contractor, and Louis Peters as owner of the house upon which the lien is claimed, under the act of February 14, 1857, applicable to St. Louis county only. The plaintiff was a dealer in hardware, and sold articles to Schu-ler, which Schuler used in building the house upon which the lien is claimed. The petition alleges that the house was, at the time the articles were furnished,' the property of said Peters; and also, that it was his property when the petition was filed and the notice…
1Opinion of the CourtDhydeN, Judge
The lien given by the first section of the Lien Law, specially applicable to St. Louis county, (Sess. Acts of 1857, p. 668,) attaches in favor of a sub-contractor at the time of *146performing the work, or of furnishing the materials, for which such lien is claimed. And the person who is the owner at the time the lien attaches, is the person to whom the notice required by the eighteenth section of the act is to be given. (Schæffer v. Lohman, 34 Mo. 68.)
We find no error in the record. Let .the judgment be affirmed.
The other judges concur.
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