Case Name: Wiley, Trustee, v. Coovert
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1891-04-04
Citations: 127 Ind. 559
Docket Number: No. 14,665
Parties: Wiley, Trustee, v. Coovert.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 127
Pages: 559–560

Head Matter:
No. 14,665.
Wiley, Trustee, v. Coovert.
Appeal. — Errors Not Affecting Appellant Unavailable.— Mechanic’s Lien.— Where a judgment foreclosing a mechanic’s lien is rendered against two persons and only one appeals, an objection by such appellant that his co-party had no interest in the property is not available for a reversal of the judgment.
From the Grant Circuit Court.
— Brownlee, W. H. Oarroll and F. W. Swezey, for appellant.
— Brownlee and — Royse, for appellee.

Opinion:
Elliott, J.
The appellee brought this suit to foreclose a mechanic's lien, and the appellant was made a party to the suit to answer as to his interest in the property. The notice was directed against Maggert, and a decree was entered foreclosing the lien. The appellant, Wiley, alone appeals, for Maggert does not join in the appeal.
Filed April 4, 1891.
It is suggested, rather than asserted by appellant's counsel, that as there is no evidence that Maggert was the owner this suit must fail. We think that the appellant can not successfully make that point. The appellant has a right to avail himself of all material errors that affect him, but he can not avail himself of errors affecting another party. It is not shown that he was in any wise affected by the alleged failure to prove Maggert's ownership.
Judgment affirmed.