Bridwell v. Clark
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Land Court. By the provisions of the mechanics’ lien law for St. Louis county, every mechanic who performs work or furnishes materials shall have a lien on the improvement for the work done and materials furnished and the ground on' which the building is erected ; and it matters not by whom he was employed to do such work and furnish the materials — Sess.
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Error to St. Louis Land Court. By the provisions of the mechanics’ lien law for St. Louis county, every mechanic who performs work or furnishes materials shall have a lien on the improvement for the work done and materials furnished and the ground on' which the building is erected ; and it matters not by whom he was employed to do such work and furnish the materials — Sess. Acts 1856-7, p. 668, § 1. This lien is preferred to all others subsequent to commencing the work — Id. p. 669, § 5. Whether or not Lucas & Hunt’s deeds of trust on the ground upon which the houses were built by plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtWagneR, Judge
Plaintiff commenced his suit in the St. Louis Land Court against the defendants to enforce a mechanic’s lien on certain property situated on Olive street. It appears that James H. Lucas and Ann L. Hunt conveyed to the defendant Clark a piece of ground on which the buildings were erected, for the purpose of having buildings constructed thereon, and that Clark made and executed his deed of trust to Henry L. Turner and John E. Yore as trustees to secure the payment of part of the purchase money. The first deed was acknowledged on the 16th of December, 1859; the deed of trust was acknowledged on…
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