Legal Opinion

Knight v. Ferrante

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 28, 1960No. Record 5145PublishedCited by 14 opinions

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1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, C. J.

Giuseppe Ferrante filed a bill in equity to enforce a mechanic’s lien perfected by him on a dwelling house which Dorsey S. Beach, as general contractor, had agreed to build for Charles Louis Knight and Sara Hammond Knight on a lot owned by the Knights in Arling ton county. The bill alleged that Beach, the general contractor, was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $420.40, with interest, for the price of labor and materials furnished by him as a “stone contractor” in the construction of the house. Beach, the Knights, and the trustees under a deed of trust on the property were made parties…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gilman v. RyanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1898
  2. Behrens v. KruseSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Armstrong & Latta Co. v. Wilmington Sugar Refining Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1922
  4. Rust v. Indiana Flooring Co.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
  5. Furst-Kerber Cut Stone Co. v. WellsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Bloomsouth Flooring Corp. v. Boys' & Girls' Club of Taunton Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  2. VNB Mortgage Corp. v. Lone Star Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1974
  3. Kelley v. DunneSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974
  4. Henderson & Russell Associates, Inc. v. Warwick Shopping Center, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1976
  5. Allwine & Associates, Inc. v. Scott-Long Construction, Inc.Loudoun County Circuit Court · 1993

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