Blakey v. Blakey

This suit was brought to enforce a mechanic’s lien for work done and materials furnished in building a house for the defendant. The plaintiff in his petition asks judgment for a balance alleged to be due to him, but he does not say whether the house was built under , a special contract, or whether he sought to recover on a quantum meruit. The account annexed to the petition contains various items for materials aiid for work done by different carpenters for a certain number of days, at two dollars and a half per day for each hand, and also this item: “ To 114 days’ services of self, in working…