Fossett v. Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

This is a suit for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien upon a store building in the city of Caldwell. The lien was a subcontractor’s lien for build*429ing material furnished by the lumber company to W. L. Murray, the contractor, and amounted to $1057. The answer of C. S. Fossett, owner of the building, alleged that the Rock Island Lumber & Manufacturing Company was not entitled to recover for the goods sold, because it was unlawfully engaged in business in violation of an ordinance of the city of Caldwell which required the obtaining of a…