Hanson Silo Co. v. Bennett

— Plaintiff, a copartnership, seeks to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for the balance due on a contract with defendant to erect a silo. Plaintiff and defendant entered into a contract on March 26, 1956, wherein plaintiff agreed to erect a silo on defendant’s farm in Appanoose County for the sum of $3120, $1000 thereof payable June 1, 1956, the balance on terms. The parties orally agreed the balance was to be paid $1000 in the fall of 1957 and the balance of $1120 in the fall of 1958. The contract provided plaintiff was to furnish competent foreman and workmen, and to build the silo “in a good…