Southern Railway Co. v. Crawford & Slaten Co.

1. Where material for the improvement of real estate was furnished, not directly to the owner, but to a contractor, and where the materialman, after complying with his contract and recording his lien as prescribed by law, instituted against the contractor an action for the *451recovery of his claim within twelve months from the time the same became due, and recovered a judgment in such suit, it was not essential to the foreclosure of his lien against the real estate that he should also institute a suit against the owner for that purpose within twelve months from the maturity of the claim. Lombard…