A. M. Becker Lumber Co. v. Stevens
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) The verdict of lien is against the evidence, and respondent should have been nonsuited. The building contract was in writing, signed by Chas. N. Stevens, not by Mrs. Stevens, and there was no evidence that Mrs. Stevens had any agent. Garnett v. Berry, 3 Mo. App. 187; Barker v. Berry, 8 Mo. App. 446; Bauman case, 55 Mo. App. 208; Thompson case, 60 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Horatio D. Wood, Judge. (1) The verdict of lien is against the evidence, and respondent should have been nonsuited. The building contract was in writing, signed by Chas. N. Stevens, not by Mrs. Stevens, and there was no evidence that Mrs. Stevens had any agent. Garnett v. Berry, 3 Mo. App. 187; Barker v. Berry, 8 Mo. App. 446; Bauman case, 55 Mo. App. 208; Thompson case, 60 Mo. App. 490; Broadwell case, 83 Mo. 571; Bank v. Bank, 130 Mo. 161, 162; McDonnell case, 67 Mo. App. 408. (2) As the verdict and judgment must dispose of all the parties…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
On the third of September, 1894, Mrs. P. G. Stevens, wife of O. M. Stevens, acquired by deed a lot of ground, which her husband contracted with architects and builders should be improved so as to provide a residence for himself and wife. Under the personal contracts of the husband the improvements designed were begun, but before completion the original contractors abandoned the work in consequence of a controversy with the architects as to the terms of the building contract. Some of the sub-contractors were unpaid when the original contractors relinquished their jobs. Among these was the…
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