Van Lone v. Whittemore

The above two suits were consolidated by order of the court below, and were tried as one suit. The suits in the first instance having been commenced by the defendants in error in proceedings to foreclose mechanic’s lien, by each de endant in error separately, but against the same party, John Lovell and his representatives, he having died, leaving his wife Lydia, and children, Walter C., James and Lotta B. Lovell. The first suit was commenced by Marshall Stark to foreclose on the premises hereinafter mentioned, for lumber sold to John Lovell, and by him used in building a dwelling-house on the…