Busby v. Marshall

The petition of Busby, as amended, contained in substance the following averments: that he, as tenant of Marshall, made upon the premises of the latter, upon which petitioner lived, divers improvements, such as repairing houses, building chimney, cléaring land, furnishing lumber and labor, and various other matters detailed in the amended petition. He specified the years in which the different items were furnished and labor performed, but did not give the exact dates; alleging, however, that although he could not “give the exact date, that is the month and day on which said material was…