Legal Opinion

Harris v. Marable

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

PROM HOUSTON. Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Houston County to tbe Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to tbe Court of® Civil Appeals from tbe Supreme Court. —W. L. Cook, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

Harris seeks to enforce a lien against tbe property of Marable, claiming to have been employed by one *677Hartman to superintend to laying of a concrete floor in a garage of Marable; the latter having let a contract to Hartman for the construction of the building.

The lien is sought to be asserted under Thompson’s Shannon’s Code, section 3540, which, in substance, provides for a lien in favor of “journeymen or other person employed” by the principal or original contract- or “to work on the building.”

It appears that the claimant merely supervised the work of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McDonald v. RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Thompson v. BaxterTennessee Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Southern Const. Co. v. HalliburtonTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Variety Fire Door Co. v. Hanson-Worden Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1929
  3. State Ex Rel. McConnell v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Dodson v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Dodson v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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