Turner Const. Co. v. Union Terminal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. Bill by the Turner Construction Company against the Union Terminal Company and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The bill in this case, fded September 19, 1913, and which sought the enforcement of a builder’s or mechanic’s statutory lien, alleged the execution by the plaintiff, a New York corporation, and the defendant Union Terminal Company (hereinafter referred to as the owner), of a written contract for the construction by the former for the latter of a building, a copy of which contract, dated November 21, 1912, was made an exhibit to the bill; that shortly after the date of that instrument, to wit, on the 10th day of December, 1912, and in compliance with the terms of that…
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