Snow v. Winslow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from GTmvton District Gotirt. Action to establish and enforce a mechanic’s lien against a railroad. The plaintiff shows in his petition that under a contract with the defendant Hinckley he furnished railroad ties to the amount of over three thousand dollars for the construction of the road of the defendant, the Chicago, Clinton & Western E. Co.; that afterwards; to-wit, September 4, 1875, plaintiff filed his statement and took the necessary steps to secure a lien upon…
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Appeal from GTmvton District Gotirt. Action to establish and enforce a mechanic’s lien against a railroad. The plaintiff shows in his petition that under a contract with the defendant Hinckley he furnished railroad ties to the amount of over three thousand dollars for the construction of the road of the defendant, the Chicago, Clinton & Western E. Co.; that afterwards; to-wit, September 4, 1875, plaintiff filed his statement and took the necessary steps to secure a lien upon the road. The intervenor Wins-low, as trustee of the Burlington, Cedar Eapids & Northern Eailway Co., purchased a…
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Ch. J.
1. KECEIVHR,: MderanoT" parties. The intervenor shows in his petition, in substance, that after the plaintiff filed his statement for a lien, to-wit: on the 19th day of November, 1875, ’ aa acti°n was brought against the Chicago, Clinton & Western E. Co. by the Joliet Iron and Steel Co., and in such action, on the 22d day of November, 1875, Edward II. Thayer was appointed receiver of the property of the company; that on the 27th day of July, 1876, the court made an order whereby it was provided that the receiver was “authorized and empowered to proceed to contract and build all…
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