National Improvement & Construction Co. v. Maiken
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Appanoose District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. Suit in equity to recover tbe contract price for erecting a canning factory for the defendants at Moravia, Iowa, and to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien against the property upon which the ■factory was erected. The defendants deny that the factory was constructed according to' contract. They also plead a settlement with one Silvers^ an agent of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Appanoose District Court. — Hon. T. M. Fee, Judge. Suit in equity to recover tbe contract price for erecting a canning factory for the defendants at Moravia, Iowa, and to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien against the property upon which the ■factory was erected. The defendants deny that the factory was constructed according to' contract. They also plead a settlement with one Silvers^ an agent of the plaintiff. Plaintiff, in reply, denies the settlement, and denies the authority of Silvers to do more than receive and receipt for such money as the defendants might see fit to…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
The individual defendants, who are the promoters and stockholders of a corporation-known as the Moravia Canning Factory Company, entered'into a written contract with the plaintiff, a .co-partnership., by which it undertook to build and equip a canning factory- in the town of Moravia, ih Appanoose -county, Iowa. By the terms of this contract, the plaintiff undertook to build and erect the factory -according to certain plans and- specifications, and to equip it with certain machinery, which was described in the contract, for the ^consideration of six thousand, nine hundred and fifty dollars,…
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