Richlands Flint Glass Co. v. Hiltebeitel
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, pronounced September 7, 1893, April 17, 1894, and August 29, 1894, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
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Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, pronounced September 7, 1893, April 17, 1894, and August 29, 1894, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants. The mechanic’s lien sought to be enforced consisted of an account of the complainant against the defendant company, giving the details of the work and the prices charged, and credits for money paid, to which was annexed the affidavit of the complainant, and a statement in the following words and figures, to-wit: ■“ Virginia: Tazewell County, to-wit: “I,…
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The appellee, who was the complainant in the court below, brought his suit in equity to enforce his mechanic’s lien, against the glass factory of the appellant company, and the parcel of land on which it was built.
There was a demurrer to the bill, which was overruled, and *93this action of the court constitutes the first assignment of error.
The first ground of the demurrer is that the bill does not allege that the lien was perfected before the expiration of thirty days from the time the work on the factory terminated. This objection is not well taken, as the bill distinctly avers that the…
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