Young v. Barelli

This is a concursus proceeding growing out of the construction in the town of Covington of a large brick building to be used as a sanatorium for the treatment of mental and nervous diseases. The owner and contractee impleaded the contractor, the surety on his bond, and four alleged lienors. Plaintiff’s demand against the contractor and his surety was for $8,900, the estimated cost of alleged defective work; and his demand against the lienors was for the cancellation of their liens and a limitation of his liability to $617.26, the amount of the balance due by him on the contract, which he…