Pay-N-Taket, Inc. v. Crooks

Plaintiff’s equity action seeks to foreclose a mechanic’s lien filed April 23, 1962, and amended March 10, 1964. Plaintiff’s $1596.64 claim is for material furnished between September 30, 1960, and February 3, 1961, and used in the last of a series of five houses built under the name of O. E. Slade or Slade Construction Company. Following construction of. the fifth house defendants, husband and wife, took title and possession of that property. Plaintiff’s petition, as amended, alleges the materials were furnished at defendants’ instance, they were partners or joint adventurers with Slade and…