Lunt v. Stephens
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county ; the Hon. Henby Booth, Judge, presiding. This was a petition for a mechanic’s lien, filed by John W. Stephens, against the Balback Smelting and Befining Company, Bobert H. Walker, John Baldwin, Jr., and Lawson S. Warner. Subsequently, the petition was amended, by making Stephen P. Lunt a party defendant. The opinion of the court contains a substantial statement of the leading facts of the case. ■
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
This was a proceeding instituted under the mechanics’ lien law. A brief history of the case will be necessary to a clear understanding of the questions of law raised. Petitioner claims, the acting and managing officers of the Balback Smelting and Befining Company, a corporation existing under the laws of this State, on the 10th day of August, 1871, employed ln'm to do all the work, and furnish all the materials for the erection and completion of the mason, stone and brick work on the premises in question, for the erection of its smelting and refining works, and the appurtenances thereto, in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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