Robinson v. Hathaway

The plaintiff sues to recover from the defend*84ant the value of labor and materials furnished in connection with the building of ten houses in Dorchester. The case was referred to an auditor whose findings of fact were to be final. He found that the plaintiff furnished labor and materials under a contract with Stone and Blier, the owners of the real estate when the contract was made and for a period after the work began. They had little financial strength; and conducted their building operations with money borrowed from parties not connected with this action who held first mortgages, and with…