Morganton Hardware Co. v. Morganton Graded School
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN tried by Ferguson, J., who found the facts, by consent, at December Term, 1908, of Bubée. Defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The plaintiffs furnished materials to L. W. Cooper, who had contracted to build a schoolhouse for the de fendant tbe Morganton Graded School, and they 'filed, and now claim, a lien upon tbe building for the materials so furnished. The only question for our consideration is whether a public-school building is subject to a statutory lien for materials furnished for its construction. This question we must answer in the negative, if we apply the principle declared in former decisions of this Court and are governed by the great weight of authority in other jurisdictions. Snow v. Commissioners, 112…
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