Holmes v. Shands
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Yazoo county; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. This was a suit instituted in the circuit court of Yazoo county by Shands & Johnson, against Charles Holmes, to enforce a statutory contract, under the mechanics’ lien law of the State, for labor performed and articles furnished by them, Shands & Johnson, in the erection and completion of a building for Holmes.
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In error from the circuit court of Yazoo county; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. This was a suit instituted in the circuit court of Yazoo county by Shands & Johnson, against Charles Holmes, to enforce a statutory contract, under the mechanics’ lien law of the State, for labor performed and articles furnished by them, Shands & Johnson, in the erection and completion of a building for Holmes. The facts of the case are fully set out in the opinion of the court; but the decision is chiefly made upon the proper construction to be placed upon the mechanics’ lien law. Cited and commented on Andrews v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
This is an action brought in the circuit court of Yazoo county, by the defendants in error, against the plaintiff, to enforce a contract under the mechanics’ lien law for articles furnished and labor done by the defendants in error in and about the building of the plaintiff in error.
On the trial below, the plaintiff introduced Johnson, one of the partners, but who had sold and transferred all his interest to Shands, and the partnership had been dissolved, who proved that the contract was made by the firm with one Easdon, with whom Holmes bad contracted to do the work and furnish the…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Roehm v. HorstCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1898
- Dickson v. Indianapolis Cotton Manufacturing Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Kimmel v. State ex rel. Anderson Banking Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1920