Legal Opinion

Curtis Bros. & Co. v. Broadwell

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 22, 1885PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from Harrison District Court. Action in chancery to foreclose and enforce a mechanic’s lien. There was a decree rendered by the district court granting the relief prayed for by plaintiffs, from which some of the defendants, who are lien holders upon the same land against which plaintiffs’ lien is enforced, appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Beck, Ch. J.

I. The undisputed facts of the case are as follows: On the ninth day of November, 1882, plaintiffs commenced furnishing defendant Broadwell materials used in the erection of a building which was commenced about that time. The last of the materials was furnished on the third *663day of April following. On the third day of July the plaintiff filed the statement in the clerk’s office required by Miller’s Code, § 2133, in order 'to preserve a lien. On the twentieth day of October, 1882, Broadwell executed to defendant Sea-right, trustee, a deed to secure an indebtedness then existing. On…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. German Bank v. SchlothSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. General Mortgage Corporation of Iowa v. CampbellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
  2. Fletcher v. KellySupreme Court of Iowa · 1893
  3. Knapp v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1931
  4. Reynolds v. Manhattan Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1897
  5. Wisconsin Trust Co. v. Robinson & Cary Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895

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