Douglas v. McCord

This was a proceeding in the court below to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon property owned by appellant; Mary E. Douglas. The bill sets out that on the 12th‘day of August, 1881, appellant Addison 0. Douglas as agent for his wife, and with her knowledge and consent, contracted with one George Grant, who is made a defendant to the bill, to erect a two story brick building upon the premises described; that said contract was in writing, but appellees (the complainants below) were unacquainted with its terms. It is then alleged that Grant went on and completed the contract, and that appellees…