Hayden Slate Co. v. National Cornice & Iron Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. J. A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The statute should be liberally construed to uphold the lien, and all unfriendly strictness and technicality avoided. Putnam v. Ross, 46 Mo. 338; Oster v. Rabeneau, 46 Mo. 595; Dewitt v. Smith, 63 Mo. 263; Morgan v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 172; Ranson v. Sheehan, 78 Mo. 673; Hayden v. Wulfing, 19 Mo. App. 357; McAdow v. Stnrievant, 41 Mo. App. 220; Ridge v. Mercantile Co., 56 Mo.
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Appeal from the Callaway Circuit Court. — Hon. J. A. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The statute should be liberally construed to uphold the lien, and all unfriendly strictness and technicality avoided. Putnam v. Ross, 46 Mo. 338; Oster v. Rabeneau, 46 Mo. 595; Dewitt v. Smith, 63 Mo. 263; Morgan v. Railroad, 76 Mo. 172; Ranson v. Sheehan, 78 Mo. 673; Hayden v. Wulfing, 19 Mo. App. 357; McAdow v. Stnrievant, 41 Mo. App. 220; Ridge v. Mercantile Co., 56 Mo. App. 155; Hicks v. Schofield, 121 Mo. 381. (2) The lien is expressly given by statute and ought not to be considered waived, unless the intention to…
1Opinion of the CourtEllison, J.
Plaintiff was a subcontractor under the defendant Cornice Company and brought this action to enforce a mechanic’s lien against the First Christian church at Columbia, Missouri, with which the Cornice Company was an original contractor. The trial court gave judgment for plaintiff against the defendant, Cornice Company, for the amount, of the account, $810.84, and gave judgment for the enforcement of the lien for the sum of $382.37, that being the amount of money due from the church to the Cornice Company. The court refused to enforce the lien against the church for more than the last mentioned…
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