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Show NEW RULING MADE ON MECHANIC'S LIEN ,Th Snpreme court, in an opinion nndd down tin morn in?, rerersed the deeinion of the lower court and remanded for trial the- case of the rclea' Lumber com- I pany against Ann H. Martin, executrix of the laat will of Jamea E. Horrocka, deceaesd, Irring Peteraon and Fred Howard. The court holda that a mechanic's lien ho!d f-ood againtt two housea if it doea not atste apecifically the amount due on each house. In the lower court the' demurrer raiaed, that aa the claim for the lien did not atate apecificallr the amount due from each houae, it waa not conforming with the atatutea, waa auatained. The Supreme court declared that the aame did comply with the atatutea. During the life of Jamea . Horrocka, ha owned a lot. in South Of den. Ha entered into in-to a contract with Irring Feteraon for the conatrnction of two frame houeea on the place for $2750. Feteraon, it ia aaeerted, aub-ltt tne contract to Fred Howard. The latter built the placea and the lumber company com-pany fnrniahed the lumber. Horrocka died in March. 1805. In the meantime the lum- -ber company filed the lien. When auit wa4 filed in the lien the executrix refused to pay the amount on the ground that the lien did not atate specifically the amount due on - each home. |