Meeks v. Sims

It appears that appellant employed Carney & Sons to erect for him a building on some lots of ground in the town of Gibson, in Ford county, in this State. This agreement was entered into on the 23d of April, 1874, and, to procure material for the purpose, Carney & Sons purchased of appellees lumber, which they furnished between the time the contract to build the house was entered into and the 1st of the next September. They also furnished other building material to be used in the structure.

On the 14th day of September, 1874, appellees served a notice on appellant, that they had furnished…