La Grill v. Mallard

This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, in which plaintiffs obtained a decree, the defendant having filed an answer and then failed to appear at the trial. He now appeals from the judgment, and insists that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The notice of lien was filed thirty-four days after the completion of the work. If the plaintiffs were not original contractors, the complaint is fatally defective, and will not support the judgment, for the notice of lien was not filed within thirty days. The evidence not being before us, this…