14 Kan. 432 | Kan. | 1875
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The question in this case is on the construction to be given to a portion of the mechanics-lien law of 1872. The plaintiffs in error furnished lumber to be used in the erection of a building belonging to one of the defendants. They filed their papers for a lien within four months from the completion of the building, but not within four months of the time of delivering the lumber. Have they a lien? This is purely a question of the construction of the statute. The first section provides that “any mechanic or other person, who shall under contract * * * perform labor or furnish material for erecting, altering or repairing
The judgment of the district court will be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial.