George E. Sealy Co. v. Ards Building Corp.

Plaintiff is a lienor who claims $1,000 for furnishing materials to the defendant owner’s premises. No dispute arises over the facts of-delivery, value or non-payment to plaintiff; but the defendant owner contends that having paid out all that was due to plaintiff’s principal contractor, it has nothing to which the lien of plaintiff, a subcontractor, can attach. The contractorip-ghief Brady- abandoned his contract in March, 1923, and the *315owner, Ards Building Corporation, completed the work. When the work was abandoned the contractor had been paid $9,400. This left a bo lance of $1,200…