Sanaghan v. Lawndale National Bank

This is an appeal from a summary decree dismissing a counterclaim for the enforcement of a mechanic’s lien by Sammy Grant, doing business as Sammy Grant Drywall Company, against property owned by the Lawndale National Bank (Lawndale) as trustee. The issue presented is whether a party may under the provisions of the Mechanics’ Lien Act enforce a lien for labor or material furnished to a subcontractor, notwithstanding the fact that the subcontractor had procured payment in full of the contract price by means of a false affidavit. Ill Rev Stats, c 82, §§ 1-39 (1965).

The Lawndale National Bank as…