Farnham v. Richardson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Appeal in Equity. This was an equity appeal from a decree of the court sitting below dismissing a bill filed by the plaintiff to enforce a lien under the statute upon land and buildings for materials furnished by him in the construction of a building owned by Percy A. and Wesley L. Gribben, two of the defendants in the bill.
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On Appeal in Equity. This was an equity appeal from a decree of the court sitting below dismissing a bill filed by the plaintiff to enforce a lien under the statute upon land and buildings for materials furnished by him in the construction of a building owned by Percy A. and Wesley L. Gribben, two of the defendants in the bill. The other defendants besides Richardson the contractor, are the Maine Wesleyan Board of Education holding a mortgage of $3000 dated September 19,1895, recorded October 1, 1895, given for money advanced to pay a former mortgage and work done on the house; and S. H. 'and…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, J.
Bill in equity to enforce a lien for materials furnished for and used in the construction of a double frame-house in the city of Portland.
The case was heard by a single justice and comes here upon appeal from his decree. From the facts found by him and stated in his decree, and from the report of the testimony accompanying the appeal, it appears: that the defendants Gribben were the owners of the land upon which the building was erected, that they contracted with the defendant Richardson for its construction, that *563the plaintiff upon the order of Richardson, furnished materials that went into…
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