Janes v. Osborne
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — HoN. W. E. Conbad, Judge. Actiof in equity to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien. From a decree in favor of plaintiff and other mechanic’s lien claimants, who are made defenjdants and whose rights are asserted by cross petitions, the defendant Jones, owner of the real estate, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
"WatermaN, J.
1 — Tbe case presents tbe question of tbe right of tbe mechanic's lien claimants to a lien upon the real estate. Tbe defendant Jones, being tbe owner of the real estate, entered into a written contract with one Osborne as follows: “This agreement, made this 27th day of April, 1895, by and between J. B. • Jones, of tbe one part, and J. S. Osborne, of tbe other part, witnessetb that said Jones has agreed to sell to tbe said Osborne lot 16, in block 1, Layman’s addition to tbe city of Des Moines, for the sum of nine hundred dollars, payable as follows: three hundred dollars on…
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