Basshor v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. In this case the appellants claimed to have a mechanics’ lien against the bridge, abutments, &c., belonging to the appellee, built across the Big Gunpowder River in Baltimore County, on the line of the railroad of said appellee between Baltimore City and Philadelphia, for certain machinery, engines and-other materials furnished by them to the Hoopes Artificial Stone, Cement and Paint Company, the contractor for the building…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. In this case the appellants claimed to have a mechanics’ lien against the bridge, abutments, &c., belonging to the appellee, built across the Big Gunpowder River in Baltimore County, on the line of the railroad of said appellee between Baltimore City and Philadelphia, for certain machinery, engines and-other materials furnished by them to the Hoopes Artificial Stone, Cement and Paint Company, the contractor for the building of the abutments and piers of said bridge, and used by said contractor in, for and about their construction. At the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
We do not see any grounds on which the mechanics’ lien claimed in this case can be sustained. The Hoopes Artificial Stone Company contracted with the defendant corporation to build its bridges over the “Big” and “Little Gunpowder.”
The masonry work was to be built of artificial stone, and this artificial stone was to be made of finely ground stone, sand and cement. For' the purpose of grinding the stone to be used in the manufacture of the artificial stone, *103the Hoopes Company bought certain machinery of the appellant, and it bought also appliances to carry the stone when made to the piers of…
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