Lewin & Sons, Inc. v. Herman

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover for materials furnished and services rendered in the building of a house for the named defendant. The complaint in the first count sought a recovery on a purported assignment, and in the second, the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien which the plaintiff had filed as a subcontractor under a general contract wherein J. A. Hubler had undertaken to build the house. Hubler became involved in financial difficulties, and the named defendant, in an effort to keep the work going and to finish the construction of the house, assumed charge of the payment of…