Legal Opinion

Inman v. Henderson

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1896PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Multnomah: L. B. Stearns, Judge. This is a suit to foreclose mechanics’ liens in favoT of Inman, Paulson and Company and defendant F. E. Beach upon the property of the defendant S. J. Henderson.

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Appeal from Multnomah: L. B. Stearns, Judge. This is a suit to foreclose mechanics’ liens in favoT of Inman, Paulson and Company and defendant F. E. Beach upon the property of the defendant S. J. Henderson. Without detailing the evidence, the facts appear to be that about November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the defendant Henderson commenced the construction of the dwelling-house numbered one on property belonging to her in Multnomah County, which was substantially completed about the fifteenth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and then occupied by her. The plaintiff…

1Opinion of the Court

1. The deeree did not establish the liens as against the mortgagee, and hence did not affect any of its substantial rights, or afford it any grounds for an appeal. The material question between the lien claimants and the respondent, in the court below and here, is the validity of the mechanics’ liens as against the mortgagee. The court below in adjusting these rights held that as between the lien claimants and Mrs. Henderson the lien was valid, because their right thereto was revived by her ordering additional material for that express purpose, but that such an arrangement between the owner…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. George Ainslie & Co. v. Bertha Kohn & Thompson, De Hart & Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Schwartz v. KnightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Sparks v. Butte County Gravel Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Central Trust Co. v. Chicago, K. & T. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1893
  5. Brown v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1861

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Crumbley v. CrumbleyOregon Supreme Court · 1920
  2. National Surety Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  3. Henry v. HandOregon Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Tilge v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1911
  5. Heacock Sash & Door Co. v. WeatherfordOregon Supreme Court · 1930

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