Security Mortgage & Trust Co. v. Caruthers

FINLEY, Associate Justice.

The statement of the case as made by appellant is not objected to by appellees, and will be accepted by us as a correct statement. It is as follows:

This is a suit brought by Samuel Caruthers to enforce a mechanic’s lien on a two-story brick store, fronting 43¿ feet on Commerce Street, and running back to Jackson Street 200 feet. Plaintiff’s petition alleged, in substance, that on September 15, 1891, he made a contract in writing with one J. B. Cowan by which he agreed to build and complete, in accordance with the plans and specifications made a part thereof, a…