Kennicott-Patterson Transfer Co. v. Modern Smelting & Refining Co.

The plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, brought its suit to- re-cover judgment against the defendant N. West for labor performed at the instance and request of said West, to establish and enforce a mechanic’s lien for the said labor as against the Modern Smelting and Refining Company, and to- foreclose any rights which the defendant Powell, as subsequent encumbrancer, had or claimed in the premises of the Smelting Company. The complaint alleged that the said West was employed by the defendant company as a -contractor for the construction and erection of a part of a smelting plant on said…