O'Malley v. Coughlin

The Chancellor :

The bill states that the defendant *432Adelia, the wife of her co-defendant, is the owner in her own right of a lot of ground in Nashville, and, as such, with the full knowledge and approbation of the husband, contracted with the complainant to furnish materials and build a small grocery-house thereon, which he did. As. a part of the contract, the complainant was to have a lease-of the premises for five years; but the bill concedes that the contract was verbal, and void beyond one year. The complainant insists, under the circumstances, that he is entitled to a mechanic’s lien on…