Hobart v. Reeves

Citations

• 73 Ill. 527

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic’s lien—sufficiency of petition as to compliance with contract. Where a contract requires the contractor to furnish the material and complete a building, but contains a clause, that the owner is to pay a third party a certain sum by assuming bills for lumber for the building, and to a certain extent, and the balance of such sum when such other party completes the carpenter work, a petition by such contractor for ¡a mechanic’s lien, which sets out these facts, and avers that the third party furnished the 1 lumber and finished the carpenter work, and that the contractor furnished material and completed the balance of the work, and that the entire work is completed and the building accepted by the owner, shows a substantial compliance with the contract, and is sufficient to entitle him to a lien.</p>