Board of Commissioners v. Snodgrass & Young Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Jewell Eistriet Court. The Snodgrass & Young Manufacturing Company commenced its action on January 4; 1889, against the board of county commissioners of the county of Jewell, J. J. Sheehan and E. E. Jacobs, partners as Sheehan & Jacobs, and Joseph Bromieh, alleging that Sheehan & Jacobs, under a contract with the board of county commissioners of Jewell county, made the 1st day of December, 1887, agreed to construct and place in the courthouse, at Mankato, Jewell…
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Error from Jewell Eistriet Court. The Snodgrass & Young Manufacturing Company commenced its action on January 4; 1889, against the board of county commissioners of the county of Jewell, J. J. Sheehan and E. E. Jacobs, partners as Sheehan & Jacobs, and Joseph Bromieh, alleging that Sheehan & Jacobs, under a contract with the board of county commissioners of Jewell county, made the 1st day of December, 1887, agreed to construct and place in the courthouse, at Mankato, Jewell county, all the boilers, pipes, radiators, fittings and apparatus for the purpose of heating the same by steam; that from…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
HortoN, C. J.:
It is contended that a mechanic’s lien cannot attach against public property. In this case, the public building is a courthouse, situated in the city of Mankato, in *257Jewell county. We are asked to reconsider the case of Wilson v. School District, 17 Kas. 104, and other similar decisions of this court. The decision referred to was rendered in 1876 — over 17 years ago — before any of the present members of the court were upon the supreme bench. The opinion was delivered by Brewer, J., now of the supreme court of the United States, and was…
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