Cooper v. Palais Royal Theatre Co.

The appellee S. L. Cooper filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county for a mechanic’s lien for labor, lumber, services of a watchman and detective, hauling lumber, rental, machinery, etc., aggregating $16,008.98, plus ten per cent on said sum, amounting in all to $17,609.87, claimed under a written contract by Cooper with the Palais Royal Theatre Company. The Palais Royal Theatre Company, Nelson Thomasson, Sr., the Columbian Bank Note Company, and others, were made parties defendant to the bill. The Complete Artificial Stone Company filed an intervening petition, claiming a mechanic’s…