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Drew v. Mason

Joseph Drew v. John Mason

Drew v. Mason, 81 Ill. 498 (1876)
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Court
Illinois Supreme Court · State Highest Courts
Decided
January 15, 1876
Judges
Scott
Citations
81 Ill. 498
Cited by 7 1 descriptions by later courts
Syllabus
Mechanic’s lien—-for lightning rod. The statute does not give a lien to a party furnishing the materials and placing a lightning rod on a house, as this is neither building, altering, repairing, nor ornamenting the same.
Summary
Appeal from the Oircuit Court of Mason county; the Hon. Lyman Lacey, Judge, presiding. This was a petition, by the appellants, against the appellees, to enforce a mechanic’s lien, for a lightning rod put upon a building. The court below sustained a demurrer to the petition, and dismissed the bill.

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Opinion of the Court — Scott

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Mr. Chief Justice Scott delivered the opinion of the Court:

Furnishing materials and labor in placing a lightning rod on a house, is not furnishing materials and labor “in building, altering, repairing or ornamenting ” a house, in the sense those terms are used in the Mechanic’s Lien Law.

The decree will be affirmed.

Decree affirmed.

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Cited by 7 cases

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1884–1885: 11898–1899: 11908–1909: 11912–1913: 11928–1929: 11950–1951: 11996–1997: 118842026peak 1884 · 1

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Ward v. TOWN TAVERN228 P.2d 216 (Or. 1951)
  2. R. Haas Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Springfield Amusement Park Co.86 N.E. 248 (Ill. 1908)
  3. Morley v. McCaskey1928 OK 604, 270 P. 1107
  4. Grady v. National Conduit & Cable Co.153 A.D. 401 (1912)
  5. Nanz v. Park Co.103 Tenn. 299 (1899)
  6. Golden Arch Ltd. v. Town Plan Zoning Com., No. Cv95325547 (Mar. 19, 1997)1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 3356 (1997)

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  1. Golden Arch Ltd. v. Town Plan Zoning Com., No. Cv95325547 (Mar. 19, 1997)1997 Conn. Super. Ct. 3356 (1997)
  2. Ward v. TOWN TAVERN228 P.2d 216 (Or. 1951)
  3. Morley v. McCaskey1928 OK 604, 270 P. 1107
  4. Grady v. National Conduit & Cable Co.153 A.D. 401 (1912)
  5. R. Haas Electric & Manufacturing Co. v. Springfield Amusement Park Co.86 N.E. 248 (Ill. 1908)
  6. Nanz v. Park Co.103 Tenn. 299 (1899)

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