Legal Opinion
Farrell v. Lafayette Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 19, 1895No. 1,417PublishedCited by 6 opinions
From the Benton Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Gavin, J. —
The appellee, in his complaint, averred that appellant was indebted to him in a certain sum for. materials furnished him and used in a certain house or real estate therein described, which sum was due and unpaid. There are also allegations as to filing notice of a mechanics’ lien.
The pleading was not good as a complaint to foreclose the mechanics’ lien, because it failed to show that the materials were furnished "for” the building.
It is essential that this fact appear. Jones v. Hall, 9 Ind. App. 458, and cases there cited.
While not sufficient to entitle appellee to its mechanics’…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Crawford v. CrockettIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
- Lawton v. CaseIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Jones v. HallIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
- Levi v. HareIndiana Court of Appeals · 1894
3Cited by6 opinions
- Puritan Engineering Corp. v. Robinson, Tr.Indiana Supreme Court · 1934
- Gowdy Gas Well, Oil & Mineral Water Co. v. PattersonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
- Niagara Oil Co. v. McBeeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1910
- Windfall Natural Gas, Mining & Oil Co. v. RoeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908
- Manor v. HeffnerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1896
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