Palmer v. Crouch

The parties to this action occupy the same relative positions here as in the trial court, and will hereinafter be referred to by their trial court designation. The plaintiff brought suit to recover for material and labor furnished the defendant in constructing improvements on several different tracts of property owned by the defendant; including his homestead. After the original petition was filed, the defendant filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal Court. Thereafter, the plaintiff filed an amended petition. stating a certain amount of the total alleged to be due had been furnished to…