Schubert v. Crowley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Law Commissioner’s Court. Defendant proved that he paid Umberson, the contractor, in full before the service of the notice. The notice was served on the 1st day of September, 1859 ; the papers filed in the office of the clerk of the St. Louis Land Court were filed September 10th, 1859.
1Opinion of the Court
Bay, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.-
The statute relating to mechanics’ liens applicable to St. Louis county requires that every person except the original contractor, who may wish to avail himself of the benefit of the act, shall give ten days’ notice before the filing of the lien to the owner, owners or agent, or either of them, that he holds a claim against such building or improvement, setting forth the amount, and from whom the same is due. The record in this case shows that the defendant Crowley, who owned the building, received but nine days’ notice of such claim, and that he…
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