Tennessee United Paint Store, Inc. v. D. H. Overmyer Warehouse Co.

By petition the complainants requested the Chancellor they be allowed an attorney’s fee for their solicitor of record growing out of services rendered in the filing and prosecution of a general lienor’s bill.

The complainants originally filed suit in equity to enforce a materialman’s lien. The suit was sustained as being in the nature of a general creditor’s bill for the benefit of all lienors as contemplated by T.C.A. sec. 64-1131. There were several intervening petitions filed by other lienors who were represented by their individual attorneys. Apparently some claimants did not file…