Hume v. Seattle Dock Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: "William N". Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is a suit by R. A. Hume against the Seattle Dock Company, a corporation, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation, and B. E. Hayman, trustee of Maclte Fireproofing Company, a corporation, and Maclte Fireproofing Company, a corporation, to foreclose a materialman’s lien.
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From Multnomah: "William N". Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. This is a suit by R. A. Hume against the Seattle Dock Company, a corporation, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, a corporation, and B. E. Hayman, trustee of Maclte Fireproofing Company, a corporation, and Maclte Fireproofing Company, a corporation, to foreclose a materialman’s lien. At the time of the transactions here in controversy the Seattle Dock Company was the owner of the property known as the “Chamber of Commerce Building,” in Portland, Oregon. On August 15, 1910, it contracted in writing with the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
Several points are urged on this appeal but may all be covered by three principal grounds of defense: (1) When an owner of a building makes a contract with a builder containing a stipulation that no mechanics’ liens shall be filed, such a stipulation by the contractor binds or precludes the laborers, materialmen or subcontractors from filing a lien for labor or material furnished and used in the construction of the building; (2) that the materials furnished by the plaintiff, namely, sand and cement, from which the cement blocks and the tile were constructed, were not lienable; (3) that the…
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