Case Name: The Van Dorn Iron Works Co. v. The Erie-Huron Realty Co., et al.; The Erie-Huron Realty Co. v. The Van Dorn Iron Works Co., et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 484
Docket Number: No. 17705; No. 17710
Parties: The Van Dorn Iron Works Co. v. The Erie-Huron Realty Co., et al. The Erie-Huron Realty Co. v. The Van Dorn Iron Works Co., et al.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
No. 17705
No. 17710
The Van Dorn Iron Works Co. v. The Erie-Huron Realty Co., et al. The Erie-Huron Realty Co. v. The Van Dorn Iron Works Co., et al.
Error to the Court of Aappeals of Cuyahoga county.
JURY TRIAL — (1) Waiver of, by conduct — Not after judgment — (2) APPEAL — Action for money and mechanic’s lien joined, but lien held invalid, not allowed — (3) MECHANIC’S LIEN — Right of stair contractor to lien.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
1. In a civil action for' judgment for money a trial by jury may be waived, not only by express stipulation of the parties or their attorneys, or statement in open court, but also by their conduct in submitting the cause to the court without objection; and an objection thereto cannot successfully be made after such submission and judgment of the court. (Bonewitz v. Bonewitz, 50 Ohio St., 373, approved and followed.)
2. Where, in an action for judgment for money, in which by a second1 cause of action a mechanic's lien is asserted and foreclosure thereof sought, the common pleas court renders a personal judgment against the defendant, but holds the lien invalid, an appeal taken by the defendant from such personal judgment to the Court of Appeals should be dismissed upon motion of the plaintiff.
3. A contract entered into by a company with an owner, whereby for a stipulated consideration the former agrees to furnish and erect in the building of the latter flights of pressed steel stairs extending from the basement to the fourth floor of the building, constitutes such company a contractor under the mechanic's lien law of the state, and upon performance thereof in order to perfect a Jien thereunder a compliance with the provisions of Section 9312, General Code, is essential.
Case No. 17705 — Judgment reversed.
Case No. 17710 — Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Jones, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.