Huebner v. Kornajzer

Anna G. Huebner filed her bill of complaint to foreclose a real estate mortgage. Adolph Hammel, the appellee, filed his answer claiming a mechanic’s lien on the premises. The case was referred to a master who took the evidence and made up his report and recommended a decree of foreclosure. He found, however, that Hammel had not complied with the mechanic’s lien statute and was not entitled to a lien on the premises as against the complainant, but that he was entitled to a lien on the premises subject to the complainant’s mortgage. The chancellor sustained exceptions to the master’s report and…