Smaltz v. Knott

The opinion of the court was delivered

by Strong, J.

The claim filed was radically defective, and was properly ordered to be stricken from the record. The mechanic or material man must show affirmatively on the face of his registered claim that it is such an one as by the statute he is authorized to file. The general act of June 13th, 1836, required that every claim should set forth “the nature or kind of the work done, or the kind and amount of materials furnished, and the time when the matérials were furnished or the work was done, as the case may be.” This act was construed as not applying…