Chastain v. Greene

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one to foreclose a materialman’s mechanic’s lien on a dwelling house. Plaintiff recovered, and the judgment in his favor is not contested. The contractor who had undertaken to erect the improvement, and who was a defendant in the action,- claimed that, without fault on his part, the owner prevented him from performing, and prayed judgment against the owner for the value of the labor and material he had furnished, and a fair profit, and for foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien. The owner claimed that, without fault on his part, the…