H. B. Deal & Co. v. Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co.

Plaintiff sued in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis to recover a judgment for a balance alleged to be due on a contract to alter, repair, remodel and renovate a certain building and to have such judgment declared and adjudged to be a mechanic’s lien upon the buildings, improvements and real estate described in the petition. The court, sitting without a jury, rendered judgment for defendants and plaintiff has appealed.

There is little, if any, dispute as to the facts. The defendant corporation, being the owner of two buildings and the real estate upon which same were situate, made a…