Legal Opinion

Stone v. Tyler

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 13, 1896Published

Petition for a Mechanic’s Lien.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John Gibbons, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1896.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Gary

delivered the opinion of the Court.

September 22, 1892, the appellees filed against the appellant a petition for a mechanic’s lien, and the suit being still pending, December 12, 1895, they filed a petition for the appointment of a receiver over the premises upon which the lien was claimed. The court appointed the receiver, and this appeal is from the order making such appointment.

The appellees cite Sec. 12 of the “ Act to Eevise the Law in Eelation to Mechanic’s Liens,” approved June 25, 1895, as authority that the court may appoint a receiver in a mechanic’s lien…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Gaty v. CaseyIllinois Supreme Court · 1853
  2. Elgin Lumber Co. v. LangmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
  3. Ellett v. TylerIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
  4. Pease v. FrancisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1896

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