Drew v. Mason
Illinois Supreme Court
Drew v. Mason, 81 Ill. 498 (Ill. 1876)
Scott
Drew v. Mason
Opinion of the Court
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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- Joseph Drew v. John Mason
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- 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.