Legal Opinion

City of Crawfordsville v. Lockhart

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1877PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Fom the Montgomery Circuit Court.-

1Opinion of the CourtPerkins, J.

Suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien.

A demurrer was overruled to the complaint.

The plaintiff recovered below.

The complaint was fatally defective. It did not show that the lumber, for which the lien was claimed, was furnished for the building on which the lien was sought to be enforced.

There were other errors in the case, but the one named is fatal. The City of Crawfordsville v. Brundage, 57 Ind. 262.

The judgment is reversed, with costs, and the cause remanded, etc.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Crawfordsville v. BrundageIndiana Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Lawton v. CaseIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  2. Jones v. HallIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
  3. McTurnan v. DaileyIndiana Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Lawton v. CaseIndiana Supreme Court · 1881