Wescott v. Bridwell

This was a proceeding instituted in the Land Court for St. Louis county in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled “An act for the better security of mechanics and others erecting buildings, or furnishing materials for the same, in the county of St. Louis.”

No declarations of law were asked, and no objections made at the trial to the introduction of testimony.

We think there was no sufficient reason for the granting of a new trial, and the only question that need be discussed at all is the alleged irregularity o£ the judgment.

Wescott, the plaintiff below, claimed to be a subcontractor…