N. O. Nelson Mfg. Co. v. County Board of Education

GARDNER, Justice.

A certain school ¡building was erected under a contract between one Strother and the county board of education of Tallapoosa county, and complainant alleges that it furnished to R. A. Whitten, a subcontractor, plumbing and heating fixtures for said building, and for which payment has not been made.

Based upon the broad ground of public policy, the decisions are to the effect that mechanic lien laws do not apply to public buildings. Scruggs & Echols v. City of Decatur, 155 Ala. 616, 46 So. 989; Martin v. Holtville High School Bldg., 226 Ala. 45, 145 So. 491; 40 C. J. 58.

Complain…