Bratcher v. Moore

PITTS, Chief Justice. .

Appellant, F. M. Bratcher, sued appel-lees, R. A. Moore and wife Helen Moore, for a debt in the sum of $2660.45 for labor performed and material furnished in building a house for appellees. Appellant likewise sued for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s and materialman’s lien but the evidence shows that no such lien was ever executed and he therefore failed to show the benefits of such a lien. Appellees denied liability, pleaded the premises were their homestead and that the construction work was not done in a workmanlike manner. The case was tried by the court without a…