H. S. Johnson Co. v. Ludwigson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Three actions in the district court for Hennepin county to foreclose mechanic’s liens were consolidated and tried together before Leary, J., who made findings and ordered judgments in favor of certain defendants, and a personal judgment in favor of plaintiff H. S. Johnson Company for $771.30 but that said judgment was not entitled to be decreed a specific lien against the premises.
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Three actions in the district court for Hennepin county to foreclose mechanic’s liens were consolidated and tried together before Leary, J., who made findings and ordered judgments in favor of certain defendants, and a personal judgment in favor of plaintiff H. S. Johnson Company for $771.30 but that said judgment was not entitled to be decreed a specific lien against the premises. The motion of plaintiff H. S. Johnson Company for a new trial, and its motion for amended findings, were denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment in favor of H. S. Johnson Company, that…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The appeal presents the single question whether the description of the premises in a mechanic’s lien statement is fatally defective.
In the spring and summer of 1918, defendant Laura .L. Ludwigson, *469then owning the north 82% feet of lots 1 and 2, lot 3 and lot 4 in block 4 of Thorpe Bros, rearrangement of blocks in Washburn Park, Minneapolis, erected three dwellings thereon. The lots front north on Fiftieth street and the house number of the building on lots 1 and 2 is No. 305 West Fiftieth street, of the one on lot 3 is No.. 311 West Fiftieth street, and of the one on lot 4 is 315 West…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Northwestern Cement & Concrete Pavement Co. v. Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Augsburg SeminarySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Atlas Lumber Co. v. DupuisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Evans v. SanfordSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Tulloch v. RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Bassett v. MenageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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