Pilz v. Killingsworth
Oregon Supreme Court
Multnomah county: L. B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. This is a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien alleged to exist in favor of respondent and several other persons for clearing a tract of land within the corporate limits of the city of Albina.
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Multnomah county: L. B. Stearns, Judge. Defendant appeals. This is a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien alleged to exist in favor of respondent and several other persons for clearing a tract of land within the corporate limits of the city of Albina. The complaint alleges, for first cause of suit, that defendant Killingsworth is the owner of a certain tract of land in the corporate limits of the city of Albina, which is particularly described; that on the-day of-,18 — , the true date of which is to plaintiff unknown, the defendant Killingsworth duly made and entered into a-contract with the…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
— By section 3676, Hill’s Code, it is provided that “ any person who shall, at the request of the owner of any lot in any incorporate city or town, grade, fill in, or otherwise improve the same, or the street in front of or adjoining the same, shall have a lien upon such lot for his work done and materials furnished in grading, filling in, or otherwise improving the same; and all the provisions of this act respecting the securing and enforcing of mechanics’ liens shall apply thereto.” The lien in this case is claimed by virtue of the provisions of this section of the statute. The contention…
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