Dressel v. Thompson

Mr. Presiding Justice Gary

delivered the opinion op the Court.

The appellant filed a petition for a mechanic’s lien,' in which, after stating the contract, and his performance of it, he put this sentence:

“ And your orator represents, that on or about the 5th day of January, 1894, he filed his claim for a lien aforesaid, with the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the statute in such case made and provided, a true copy of which is "hereto annexed.”

The petition was dismissed on demurrer, and the appellant’s counsel argue that the dismissal…