Schulenburg & Co. v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Missouri
ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. .At the November term, 3850, the respondents commenced an aetion against Boecker, -upon a demand for materials furnished by respondents to Boecker, used in the erection of a house on the southeast corner of Broadway-and Colunfoia streets, in the city of St. Louis. The demand on which the suit was brought had been filed as a lien against the property on which •the said house was erected.
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ERROR to St. Louis Circuit Court. STATEMENT OP THE CASE. .At the November term, 3850, the respondents commenced an aetion against Boecker, -upon a demand for materials furnished by respondents to Boecker, used in the erection of a house on the southeast corner of Broadway-and Colunfoia streets, in the city of St. Louis. The demand on which the suit was brought had been filed as a lien against the property on which •the said house was erected. At the April term, of said circuit court, default haying been taken and enteredagainst Boecker, Charles Gibson, trustee for said Cornelia V. Wilson,…
1Opinion of the CourtGamble, J.
The only question to be determined in this case is, whether a person furnishing materials for a building in the county of St. Louis, under a contract with the owner, is bound to file his lien within six months from the time his demand accrues in order to charge the building with alien.
There is probably no part of the law, in which more confusion exists in consequence of legislation, general and local, than on the subject of liens in the county of St. Louis.
The act of 1835 Revised Code 108, gave liens to those who furnished materials or worked upon buildings under contracts with the…
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