Preston v. Sturgis Milling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. Suit in equity by A. J. Preston against the Sturgis Milling Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COCHRAN, District Judge.
The appellant, Preston, was complainant in the court below, and he appeals from a decree dismissing his bill on demurrer. The relief which he sought was the subjection of certain specifically described real estate owned by the defendant, Sturgis Milling Company, appellee here, located in the town of Sturgis within the Caseyville district of Union county, Ky., to the payment to him of the sum of $7,155.74 and costs. He claimed that there was lien on the real estate for that amount and that he was entitled to enforce it. The way in which he claimed that this lien had…
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