Seaton v. Chamberlain
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Harvey District Court. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the facts. Trial by the court, at the September Term, 1883. The court made certain findings of fact and conclusions of law, to which plaintiff Seaton excepted, and filed his motion for a new trial, which the court overruled. The court rendered judgment for plaintiff against defendant Chamberlain for $711.25 and costs, but refused judgment for the foreclosure of the lien claimed.
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Error from Harvey District Court. The opinion states the nature of the action, and the facts. Trial by the court, at the September Term, 1883. The court made certain findings of fact and conclusions of law, to which plaintiff Seaton excepted, and filed his motion for a new trial, which the court overruled. The court rendered judgment for plaintiff against defendant Chamberlain for $711.25 and costs, but refused judgment for the foreclosure of the lien claimed. Seaton brings the case here.'
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hurd, J.:
The plaintiff in error commenced his suit in the district court of Harvey county, to recover from defendant Chamberlain the value of material furnished and used in building a county jail for Harvey county, and to have the same adjudged a lien against the jail and land on which it is situate, and to foreclose the lien, and for the sale of the property.
The allegations of the petition in the court below are in substance that on the first of March, 1880, the board of county commissioners of Harvey county entered iuto a written contract with the…
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