8 S.D. 320 | S.D. | 1896
This is an action to forclose a mechanic’s lien for material furnished for the erection of a dwelling house upon the real property of a decedent. The contract was made with the owner, and the lien was perpetuated, and made effectual for all purposes, by filing the same, as required by law, about one year prior to the death of said owner. While all necessary and proper persons, including the administrator, heirs at law, guardian, and a mortgagee, were made parties defendant, no resistence to the foreclosure proceeding was offered by any of them, and no brief is filed herein by respondents. For the sole reason that it did not appear that the claim upon which the lien was founded had been presented to the administrator for allowance or rejection, and upon full and specific findings of fact otherwise favorable to plaintiffs, the court found, as a matter of law, that plaintiffs were not entitled to the relief prayed for; and from a judgment dismissing the action, accordingly entered, plaintiffs appeal. The primary ob