Dillard v. McGinty

The plaintiff instituted this suit in the district court of Lubbock county, Tex., against the defendants, J. J. Dillard and his wife, Ada Dillard, to recover the sum of $850 and interest and against said defendants and the Fort W'orth, Denver & South Plains Railway Company to foreclose an alleged mechanic’s lien against 7⅛ acres of land fully described by plaintiff in his petition.

Plaintiff alleges: That about February 16, 1917, J. J. Dillard and his wife executed and delivered their contract in writing to C. D. Shamburger, by the terms of wliich he contracted to furnish to Dillard and his…