Hightower v. Bailey
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 29 — Action to Enforce Mechanic’s Lien — APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. Action by F. M. Hightower, Lumber Merchant, v. Bailey & Koer-ner, Contractors, to Enforce a Material-man’s Lien. ' Judgment for the Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. 1. The Mechanics’ Lien Law, Kentucky Statutes, sec. 2463, as amended by the act of March 21, 1896, is constitutional. 2. Difference in rules as to constitutionality of State and Federal legislation. Griswold y.
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Case 29 — Action to Enforce Mechanic’s Lien — APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. Action by F. M. Hightower, Lumber Merchant, v. Bailey & Koer-ner, Contractors, to Enforce a Material-man’s Lien. ' Judgment for the Defendants and Plaintiff Appeals. 1. The Mechanics’ Lien Law, Kentucky Statutes, sec. 2463, as amended by the act of March 21, 1896, is constitutional. 2. Difference in rules as to constitutionality of State and Federal legislation. Griswold y. Hepburn, 2 Duval, 24. 3. The fifth amendment to Constitution of the United States has no application to the States. Thorington v.…
1Opinion of the Court
*201Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE HAZELRIIGG
Affirming.
Walling & Co., desiring to build a grain elevator on their lot in the city of Henderson, Ky., contracted with Bailey & Koerner to furnish all the necessary material and Lo construct the improvement. Bailey & Koerner, who were builders and contractors, contracted with H. W. Clark, Jr., a lumber merchant at Henderson, for a large quantity of the lumber necessary for the building. Clark then contracted with Hightower, a lumber dealer at Ragan, Ala., for a quantity of lumber, for the purpose of using it in filling his contract with Bailey &…
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