Lewers & Cooke, Ltd. v. Jones

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

KEMP, J.

This is a suit to enforce a materialman’s lien against premises which at the inception of the building were owned by the defendant Arthur H. Jones but before the filing of the mechanic’s lien were conveyed by the defendant Arthur H. Jones to the defendant Juliette M. Jones, his wife. Upon the trial thereof, the plaintiff having put in its case and rested, the defendants Arthur H. Jones and Juliette |M. Jones moved for a nonsuit upon four grounds: (1) that no demand as required by law was made upon the defendants or any of them prior to the institution of this…