Case Name: Burdick v. Moon et ux.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1868-05-08
Citations: 24 Iowa 418
Docket Number: 
Parties: Burdick v. Moon et ux.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 24
Pages: 418–419

Head Matter:
Burdick v. Moon et ux.
Mechanic's liens liability of wife : case followed. A mechanic is , entitled to a lien for work and labor performed on a house standing on the land of the wife, when such labor was performed under a contract with the husband as the agent of the wife, for her use and benefit, with her knowledge and consent, and for which they promised to pay. Following Kidd v. Wilson (23 Iowa, 464).
Appeal from, Bremer District Court.
Friday, May 8.
The plaintiff, by his petition, seeks to enforce a mechanic’s lien for work and labor performed (to the amount of forty-six dollars) on a house, on the land of the defendant (the wife), under a contract with the husband, as the agent of the wife, for her use and benefit, with her knowledge and consent, and for which they promised to pay, etc. Demurrer sustained. Plaintiff excepted and appeals.
Wright c& Stow for the appellant.
No appearance for the appellee.

Opinion:
Wright, J.
This case is "on all fours" with Kidd v. Wilson (23 Iowa, 464). The petition and objections made to it, are in all respects the same as examined and disposed of in that. For the reasons there stated, without repeating them, the demurrer should have been overruled.
Reversed and remanded.