Arthur Morgan Trucking Co. v. Shartzer

This is an action to enforce a lien under the statute entitled, “Liens of Mechanics and Materialmen” (Sec. 3546 et seq., R. S. 1939), for work or labor performed by plaintiff in hauling away debris and material from, and hauling necessary tools and materials to, a building being wrecked and removed from a lot located at 6th and St. Charles street, St. Louis, Missouri, in order to clear the ground for the erection of a new building.

Peter A. 0 ’Neil Estate owned the fee in the lot and the old building, and the Karon Realty Company was the owner of a 99 year leasehold thereon, by the terms of…