Case Name: H. J. Ewing v. E. J. Fiedler
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1889-02-13
Citations: 30 Ill. App. 202
Docket Number: 
Parties: H. J. Ewing v. E. J. Fiedler.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 202–203

Head Matter:
H. J. Ewing v. E. J. Fiedler.
Mechanic's Lien—Certificate of Architect—Contract.
. 1. Upon petition for a mechanic’s lien, this court holds that the contract required the petitioner to perform certain work described in the plans and specifications.
2. In the case presented, the petitioner is bound by the certificate of the architect, there being no evidence of fraud or mistake.
[Opinion filed February 13, 1889.]
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Loben C. Collins, Judge, presiding.
Mr. Robert P. Parker, for appellant.
Mr. F. Lackner, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The burden of showing the decree in this case to be erroneous was on appellant. His briefs and abstracts of the record are so unsatisfactory, that the decree might justly have been affirmed without further inquiry. But examination of the record itself satisfies us that no error has intervened in the proceedings of the court below.
The suit being brought by appellant to establish a mechanic's lien, and the architect, in pursuance of the contract between appellant and appellee, having issued his final certificate, appellant must abide by it, in the absence of fraud and mistake. There is no evidence to impeach the good faith of the architect, nor can we find anything in the record which makes it appear he committed any mistake.
Appellant thinks his contract did not require him to perform certain work described in the plans and specifications, but we find nothing in the case except his opinion to sustain him in that respect. On the contrary, the contract which he signed required him " to perform all labor and furnish all material for the painter's work, according to the plans and specifications." The written contract is final in this case. The decree is affirmed.
Decree affirmed.