Crane & Ordway Co. v. Baatz
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; E. E. Ewing, Judge. Action to enforce a materialman’s lien by the Crane & Ordway Company, a corporation, against Nick Baatz and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The rule in Montana is that the mechanic’s lien law shall be liberally construed. (Black v. Appolonio, 1 Mont. 342; Smith v. Sherman Min. Co., 12 Mont. 524, 31 Pae. 72; Missoula Merc. Co. y.
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'Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; E. E. Ewing, Judge. Action to enforce a materialman’s lien by the Crane & Ordway Company, a corporation, against Nick Baatz and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The rule in Montana is that the mechanic’s lien law shall be liberally construed. (Black v. Appolonio, 1 Mont. 342; Smith v. Sherman Min. Co., 12 Mont. 524, 31 Pae. 72; Missoula Merc. Co. y. O’Donnell, 24 Mont. 65, 60 Pae. 594, 991; McGlauflin v. Wormser, 28 Mont. 177, 72 Pac. 428; Western I. Works v. Montana P. & P. Co., 30 Mont. 550, 77 Pac. 413.) The statutes of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanneb
The correctness of the judgment from which this appeal is taken depends upon whether the plaintiff has a valid lien, under section 7291, Bevised Codes, upon the property of the respondent Nick Baatz. As and for such lien the plaintiff filed in the proper office a document comprising: (1) An unsigned notice of lien claim, reciting, among other things, that the claimant furnished certain materials for the Nick Baatz building, erected on lot 1, in block 414, of the original town site of Great Falls, Cascade county, Montana; “that the value of the said materials amounted to the sum of $2,707.93,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McGlauflin v. WormserMontana Supreme Court · 1903
- Wertz v. LambMontana Supreme Court · 1911
- Metcalf v. PrescottMontana Supreme Court · 1891
- Stritzel-Spaberg Lumber Co. v. EdwardsMontana Supreme Court · 1914
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- Tri-County Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Levee Restorations, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1986
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