Mutual Construction Co. v. Baker

The complainant, Mutual Construction Company, filed a bill to enforce a mechanic’s lien against the property of which the defendant, Mary R. Waller, was the owner and Baker and others were the tenants. The chancellor held that the complainant established its right to a hen to the extent of $1,925, and entered a decree to that effect. To reverse that decree Mrs. Wraller has perfected this appeal.

Mrs. Waller had owned the premises in question, located at 719 1ST. Clark street in the City of Chicago, for about forty-five years. She testified that as far as she could remember she had never been…