Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. Culbertson Hotel Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sheridan Coimty; C. E. Comer, Judge. Action by tbe Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company against the Culbertson Hotel Company and others to foreclose a materialman’s lien. Judgment for the defendants and plaintiff appeals. Cause submitted on briefs of Counsel. Courts should place a liberal construction on mechanics’ liens. The reason for such a rule is very apparent.
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Appeal from District Court, Sheridan Coimty; C. E. Comer, Judge. Action by tbe Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company against the Culbertson Hotel Company and others to foreclose a materialman’s lien. Judgment for the defendants and plaintiff appeals. Cause submitted on briefs of Counsel. Courts should place a liberal construction on mechanics’ liens. The reason for such a rule is very apparent. Material-men and mechanics have no remedy for the enforcement of their claims except by section 7290, Revised Codes, which grants to such materialman and mechanic a lien for material and labor furnished.…
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER AYERS
prepared the opinion for the court.
This is an action to foreclase a lien executed and filed pursuant to section 7291 of the Revised Codes of 1907, for materials furnished by plaintiff in connection with the erection of a hotel owned by the defendant the Culbertson Hotel Company, a corporation. Plaintiff alleges that on June 9 and 11, 1917, it furnished certain materials to E. L. Olsen, one of the defendants named, and the person who had the contract for the building and construction of the hotel for the defendant hotel company, of the value of $274.94; and on November…
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