Legal Opinion

Spangler v. Green

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided September 15, 1895PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Appellees Green and. Fisher, partners as The Chicago Lumber Co., and Ackroyd and Brindle, as E. Ackro}M & Co., commenced their several actions in the district court of Arapahoe county against Woodbuiy and Page, partners as Wood-bury & Co., principal contractors, and against the appellant, Jane T. Spangler, as owner, to recover judgments against Woodbury & Co., which they sought to have established under the mechanic’s lien…

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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. Appellees Green and. Fisher, partners as The Chicago Lumber Co., and Ackroyd and Brindle, as E. Ackro}M & Co., commenced their several actions in the district court of Arapahoe county against Woodbuiy and Page, partners as Wood-bury & Co., principal contractors, and against the appellant, Jane T. Spangler, as owner, to recover judgments against Woodbury & Co., which they sought to have established under the mechanic’s lien act as liens upon Mrs. Spangler’s property for materials furnished and labor performed by said appellees respectively, as…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell

The objection interposed by the appellees to the jurisdiction of this court to entertain the appeal must first be disposed of before considering the assignments of error. Section 1, page 118 of the Session Laws of 1891, provides that no appeal to the supreme court shall lie to review the final judgment of any inferior court unless the judgment exceeds $2,500, exclusive of costs ; provided this limitation shall not apply where the matter in controversy relates to a franchise or freehold, or where a construction of the state or federal constitution is necessary to a determination of the case.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hitchcock v. BurgettMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Trimble v. People ex rel. PhelpsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1893
  3. Farwell v. BeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Ironwood Store Co. v. HarrisonMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Keystone Mining Co. v. GallagherSupreme Court of Colorado · 1879

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Brooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
  2. Small v. FoleyColorado Court of Appeals · 1896
  3. Brooks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
  4. Great Western Sugar Co. v. F. H. Gilcrest Lumber Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. Scheeren v. StramannSupreme Court of Colorado · 1897

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