Edgar v. Salisbury
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The matters mentioned in the account and made a part of the scire facias, were, in every particular, the proper subjects of a lien under our statute concerning mechanics’ liens. R. C. 1845, p. 783. It is not necessary that the work should be done literally on the building.
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The matters mentioned in the account and made a part of the scire facias, were, in every particular, the proper subjects of a lien under our statute concerning mechanics’ liens. R. C. 1845, p. 783. It is not necessary that the work should be done literally on the building. Plans, drawings, specifications, making contracts with workmen, material men, and the superintendence and direction of the building, are all within the spirit and meaning of the statute. The mechanics’ lien law was only intended to protect the manual laborer and the material men, who, from…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, Judge
Edgar sued out a scire facias from the Circuit Court of St. Louis county, to enforce a lien upon a building which had been erected for the defendants in that county. The particu*272lars o£ the demand consisted of a single charge,, in these words : “To making two sets of plans and detail drawings for all the buildings of the Lowell hemp works, also specifications for the same ¿ also for making all the contracts with the workmen, furnishers of materials, superintending and directing the entire construction of the buildings, disbursing moneys, &c., &e., &c., as per agreement, $500." On this there…
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