Prichard Bros. v. Causey

These four causes were consolidated and heard together, and involve contests between furnishers of material used in the construction of an apartment house in Memphis, and the holder of a deed of trust on the property improved.

The Chancellor dismissed, the bills, and, upon appeal, his decree was affirmed by the Court of1 Appeals.(l) On April 29,1926, Riverside Realty Company entered into a written contract with Causey for the purchase of the lots upon which the apartment house was later constructed. Causey was to have two weeks within which to examine the title to the lots. The contract price…