Harris v. Interstate Lumber Company

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by plaintiffs to recover the price of building material furnished by plaintiffs to J. N. Adams to be used in construction of a building for defendant Harris on defendant Harris’ real estate, and for foreclosure of a statutory materialman’s lien against the property. Defendant Harris plead that he had a contract with Adams whereby Adams was to complete the building for $2,500; that contractor Adams, after having been paid some $1,100 on such contract price, refused to complete the building and abandoned the job, and that he, Harris, was compelled to…