Okisko Co. v. Matthews
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the court of Howard District of Anne Arundel county. This was a scire facias under the mechanics lien laws, sued out by the appellee, (the plaintiff below,) on the 6th of February 1849, on a claim for lien filed by him on the 10th of July 1848, against foily-four acres of land belonging to the Okisko company, and the improvements thereon, consisting of the mill or main building, the dam, the dye-house, the machine-shop, and the upper and lower buildings used as…
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Appeal from the court of Howard District of Anne Arundel county. This was a scire facias under the mechanics lien laws, sued out by the appellee, (the plaintiff below,) on the 6th of February 1849, on a claim for lien filed by him on the 10th of July 1848, against foily-four acres of land belonging to the Okisko company, and the improvements thereon, consisting of the mill or main building, the dam, the dye-house, the machine-shop, and the upper and lower buildings used as dwellings, (the amount claimed on each being specified,) for lumber furnished by the plaintiff towards the construction…
1Opinion of the Court
Tuck, J.,
delivered the opinion of this court.-
The prayers offered by the defendant below are' predicated on the supposition- that the buildings against which distinct liens are claimed, are'separate houses, and do not constitute one establishment, in such a sense as will support a lien against them jointly. The'evidence on this subject was offered by the plaintiffs, whose witness-stated that “all the buildings were such as it is usual for manufacturing companies to erect on their property for the purposes of their establishments, and that all constituted one establishment; and that the lumber…
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