Rosche v. Cook
Rosche v. Cook
Opinion of the Court
The defendant John E. Cook, is engaged in building and repairing houses. The plaintiff is a dealer in lumber. The defendant Henry Walker occupies a double brick store room situated on the east side of Twelfth street, between Olive and Pine streets, in city block numbered 503. The south line of the building is sixty-four feet and two inches north of the southwest corner of the block. The building is situated on two lots, each fronting twenty-three feet on Twelfth street. The north lot belongs to Walker, and the fee of the south lot is vested in John E. and Arthur Lee. The Lees have leased their lot and the building thereon to Walker. When the improvements were first made the two store rooms were separated by a brick partition wall, which Walker removed and substituted iron posts. In 1898 Walker employed Oook to make certain improvements on the building. Oook bought the lumber that he used in making the improvements from the plaintiff.' He failed to pay for all the lumber, and to secure the balance due him the plaintiff attempted to charge the entire building with a mechanics’ lien. The defendant Walker was named as owner in the lien paper, and the property was described therein as situated in city block number 503 on
The trial was before the court sitting as a jury. No exceptions were saved to the admission or exclusion of evidence, and no instructions were asked or given. Under such a record the judgment must be affirmed if it can be done under any theory of law applicable to the facts. Jungeman v. Brewing Company, 38 Mo. App. 458; Gentry v. Templeton, 47 Mo. App. 55.
In support of the judgment it is argued (1) that the error in the description of the property in the mechanic’s lien paper was such as to defeat the lien; (2) that the structure must be regarded as two buildings belonging to different parties, and therefore there ought to have been two separate liens; (3) that the evidence tended to prove that the mechanics’ lien was not filed within four months after the date of the last delivery of lumber. We will discuss the last proposition.
According to the lien paper the last item of lumber was delivered on July 15, 1898. If this was correct, then the mechanics’ lien was filed in time. On the other hand the contention of respondent is, that the last delivery was on July
It would serve no good purpose to discuss the other questions. The judgment of the circuit court will be affirmed.
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