Legal Opinion

North Star Iron Works Co. v. Strong

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 18, 1884PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal by defendant Charles L. Vance from a judgment of the district court for Big Stone county, where the action was tried before Brown, J., without a jury. The case is stated in the opinion. The including in the lien claim Yen separate and distinct lots, aggregating more than one acre in area, was fatal to the lien.

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Appeal by defendant Charles L. Vance from a judgment of the district court for Big Stone county, where the action was tried before Brown, J., without a jury. The case is stated in the opinion. The including in the lien claim Yen separate and distinct lots, aggregating more than one acre in area, was fatal to the lien. Knox v. Starks, 4 Minn. 7, (20;) McCarty v. Van Etten, 4 Minn. 358, (461;) Mason v. Heyward, 5 Minn. 55, (74;) Rugg v. Hoover, 28 Minn. 404; Gen. St. 1878, c. 90, §§ 1, 7; Rose v. Persse do Brooks Paper Works, 29 Conn. 256; Phillips, Mech. Liens, § 387. As to the lien set up in…

1Opinion of the Court

Mitchell, J.1

Action to foreclose two mechanics’ liens upon a flouring-mill. The first was for machinery for the mill furnished to Strong Bros., the owners, between April 1 and May 1,1882. The second was for labor performed and machinery furnished to the same parties for the repair of the mill, between March 15 and November 15, *31882. The verified accounts of such labor and machinery were both filed in the office of the register of deeds on the first day of March, 1883. In the affidavits to these accounts the building is described as a fiouring-mill, and the premises upon which it is situated are…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. StaleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1869
  2. Tibbetts v. MooreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1863
  3. Oster v. RabeneauSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
  4. McCoy v. QuickWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Freeman & Wait v. CramNew York Court of Appeals · 1850

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Cary Hardware Co. v. McCartyColorado Court of Appeals · 1897
  2. Northwestern Cement & Concrete Pavement Co. v. Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Augsburg SeminarySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
  3. Menzel v. TubbsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
  4. Western Iron Works v. Montana Pulp & Paper Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Aaby v. Better Builders, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1949

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