Standard Sanitary Mfg. Co. v. Aird

While appellee held a second mortgage on a certain lot or parcel of land, the owner, Tillman, contracted with Aldridge for the erection of an apartment house thereon. Pending the completion of the building, appellee filed his bill to foreclose his mortgage, making sundry subcontractors and materialmen, among others, parties defendant. These appellants, subcontractors and materialmen, came in, claiming liens on the property. The final decree denied the liens so claimed, and the subcontractors and materialmen have appealed.

The consolidation of claims and causes brought about by the procedure…