Carney v. Tully

„ This is an appeal from a decree rendered by the circuit court of Cook county, in an action under the mechanics’ lien law of 1869, to recover from Carney, the owner of the lot, for materials furnished. The contractors, O’Connor & Co., undertook to erect the building, he having made default in the payment for the same.

Both O’Connor and appellant were served with process, and on trial by the court and jury, a decree was rendered against both the defendants — O’Connor in the sum of seven hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy-seven cents, and against Carney in the sum of six hundred and fifty…