Atlantic Coast Brewing Co. v. Donnelly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

These four cases arose out of the same transaction and may be considered together, although each case has some feature not common to all. Of the several assignments of error there is one that runs through the entire group and raises this question, viz., whether, under our Mechanics’ Lieu law, where the building is erected under a contract with the owner of the land not on file, a materialman must, in order to have a lien under section 1, show a written consent of the owner, under section 4.

lu the transaction before us the contract was…