Omaha Consolidated Vinegar Co. v. Burns

The defendant in this action filed a mechanic’s lien in the proper office in Douglas county against the property of plaintiff, the account on which the claim of lien was predicated being for work performed and material furnished in and about the sinking of a “tubular” well in the property of plaintiff company in Omaha. This action was instituted by the plaintiff company, the object being to secure the cancellation of the lien, or its removal as an alleged cloud on the company’s title to the property. The defendant filed a cross-bill, or petition, in which he asked that the amount due him from…