Carthage Superior Lime Stone Co. v. Central Methodist Church

Plaintiff is a company which furnishes stone for the purpose of being put into buildings. In the instance of this controversy, it furnished stone to a sub-contractor, which went into the construction of a large church building in Kansas City, Missouri. Not having received payment of its account, plaintiff instituted this action against the sub-contractor and the defendant church to enforce a mechanic’s lien. The judgment in the trial court was for the plaintiff against the sub-contractor for the amount of the account, but was for the church building on the lien. Plaintiff appealed.

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