Legal Opinion

Thomas v. Barber

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided June 15, 1857PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This was a scire facias under the mechanics’ lien laws, issued on the 11th of April 1855, upon a claim filed the day preceding, by the appellees against the appellant and Jacob F. Kridler, for materials alleged in the claim to have been furnished to Kridler as contractor, builder and architect, of a house erected on a lot, of which the appellant was at the time of their delivery the owner or reputed owner.

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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. This was a scire facias under the mechanics’ lien laws, issued on the 11th of April 1855, upon a claim filed the day preceding, by the appellees against the appellant and Jacob F. Kridler, for materials alleged in the claim to have been furnished to Kridler as contractor, builder and architect, of a house erected on a lot, of which the appellant was at the time of their delivery the owner or reputed owner. The writ, return, advertisement, claim, pleas and issues, are fully stated in the opinion of this court. Exception. The proof in the case…

1Opinion of the CourtEccleston, J.

The scire facias in this case issued from the Superior Court of Baltimore city, for the purpose of enforcing a claim under the lien laws. The writ recites, that on the 10th of April 1855, William E. Barber and Samuel W. Barber filed a claim in the said court, “against Jacob F. Kridler and John H. Thomas, for the sum of $95.31, on a three-slory brick tenement, with a three-story back building, twenty-two and-a-half feet front, fronting on the south-west side of McCulloh street, first house north-west of Hoffman street in said city, with a depth of about fifty-three feet, and on the lot whereon…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Trustees of the German Lutheran Evangelical St. Matthew's Congregation v. HeiseCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
  2. Welch v. HumphreyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
  3. Hensel v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
  4. Seibs v. EngelhardtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
  5. Fulton v. Parlett & ParlettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906

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