McMurray v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was an action to enforce a mechanics’ lien under sect. 1 of the act of Congress approved Feb. 2, 1859, 11 Stat. 876, which provides, “That any person who shall hereafter, by virtue of any contract with the owner of any building, or with the agent of such owner, perform any labor upon, or furnish any materials, engine, or machinery for the construction or repairing of, such building, shall, upon filing the notice…
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Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This was an action to enforce a mechanics’ lien under sect. 1 of the act of Congress approved Feb. 2, 1859, 11 Stat. 876, which provides, “That any person who shall hereafter, by virtue of any contract with the owner of any building, or with the agent of such owner, perform any labor upon, or furnish any materials, engine, or machinery for the construction or repairing of, such building, shall, upon filing the notice prescribed in sect. 2 of this act, have a lien upon such building and the lot of ground upon which the same is situated…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Mechanics or other persons, who, by virtue of any contract witb the owner of any building, or with the agent of such owner, have, since the 2d of February, 1859, performed labor, exceeding the value of twenty dollars, upon such building, -or have furnished materials, engine, or machinery exceeding that value, for the construction or repairing of such building, shall, upon filing the. notice prescribed in the second section of the Lien Act of that date, have a lien upon such building, and the lot of ground upon which the same is situated, for such labor done,' or materials, engine, or…
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