Scott v. Christlanson
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John IL Paeish, Circuit Judge. This is an action to foreclose a subcontractor’s lien upon a dwelling house. The material facts were not in dispute.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Ashland county: John IL Paeish, Circuit Judge. This is an action to foreclose a subcontractor’s lien upon a dwelling house. The material facts were not in dispute. In 1896 the defendant Haupert built a house for the defendant John Christianson under a written contract made April 20, 1896, by which he was to be paid $585 for building a house; the same to be completed June 5, 1896. Haupert completed the house June 18, 1896, and Christianson accepted the same and paid the entire contract price. Hau-pert made no contract with the plaintiffs to…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNslow, J.
The trial court denied judgment for a mechanic’s lien because no claim was filed therefor which complied with the statute. In this ruling the court was right.
The statute requires (sec. 3320, R. S. 1878) that the claim *167for lien “ shall contain a statement of the contract or demand npon which it is founded, the name of the person against whom the demand is claimed, the name of the claimant or assignee, the last date of the performance of labor or furnishing of materials, a description of the property affected thereby, a statement of the amount claimed and all other material facts in relation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bertheolet v. Parker, Imp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1878
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