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  "name": "Advance Terra Cotta Company, Appellant, v. Michael B. Moran et al., Appellees",
  "name_abbreviation": "Advance Terra Cotta Co. v. Moran",
  "decision_date": "1917-06-11",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,834",
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    "parties": [
      "Advance Terra Cotta Company, Appellant, v. Michael B. Moran et al., Appellees."
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n3. Mechanics\u2019 liens, \u00a7 135 \u2014 what is essential to waiver hy contract of right to mechanic\u2019s lien. To waive by contract the right to a mechanic\u2019s lien, there must be an express covenant or a covenant resulting by implication from the language used so plain that a mechanic can so understand without seeking professional interpretation as to its legal effect.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Buell & Abbey, for appellant.",
      "Maurice J. Moriarty and Nicholas B. Jones, for appellees; Maurice J. Moriarty, of counsel."
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    "head_matter": "Advance Terra Cotta Company, Appellant, v. Michael B. Moran et al., Appellees.\nGen. No. 22,834.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Mechanics\u2019 liens, \u00a7 136 \u2014 when contract not construed as waiving right to lien for unpaid portion of price due contractor. A provision in a contract to. furnish certain terra cotta for buildings by which the contractor agreed \u201cto complete same free and clear of any liens or encumbrances\u201d cannot be construed as waiving any right to a lien for any unpaid portion of the contract price due the contractor.\n2. Mechanics\u2019 liens, \u00a7 62* \u2014 who protected by provision in contract whereby contractor agrees to complete worle clear of liens or incumbrances. A provision in a contract to furnish terra cotta work for buildings by which the contractor agrees \u201cto complete same free and clear of any liens or encumbrances\u201d is, in effect, limited to the liens of subcontractors and others claiming under the contractor, and in a measure a guarantee by him against subordinate liens.\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nReversed and remanded with directions.\nOpinion filed June 11, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nBill for mechanic\u2019s lien by the Advance Terra Cotta Company, a corporation, complainant, against Michael B. Moran, Sarah E. Moran and Simon W. Strans, trustee, defendants. From a decree sustaining a demurrer to the bill and dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.\nBuell & Abbey, for appellant.\nMaurice J. Moriarty and Nicholas B. Jones, for appellees; Maurice J. Moriarty, of counsel.\nSee Illinois Notes Direst, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topip and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number. '"
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