Abhau v.Grassie

Appellee, John Abhau, a building contractor, filed his bill of complaint in the superior court of Cook county to enforce a mechanic’s lien on certain property in the city of Chicago, alleging a contract made with Ida Rahn, the owner of the property, making a defendant, among others, James E. Grassie, trustee under three trust deeds on said property and owner of the three notes secured thereby. Grassie answered, setting up, among other defenses, that Abhau had not taken out a license as contractor, as required by a certain ordinance of the city of Chicago. A decree was entered upholding…