Doyle v. Franks

Citations

• 71 Kan. 640
• 81 P. 211
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 200

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Landlord and Tenant — Lien of Tenant for Repairs Held Valid. A building used as a place where intoxicating liquors were sold in violation of the law was damaged by • flood. The keeper, who was a tenant of the property, furnished labor and material to repair the house, under a contract with the husband of the owner, and continued his illegal business thereafter in the restored building. Held, that a lien filed on the property by the tenant might be foreclosed; that the rights of the lienor under the contract did not originate in a -transaction offensive to law; that the illegal use of the building was collateral to the contract for its repair, and independent of it.</p>