Richmond Screw Anchor Co. v. E. W. Minter Co.

The Johnson City Hotel Company made a contract with E. W. Minter Company, Incorporated, for the construction of a hotel building’ at Johnson City, known as the John Sevier Hotel. The original contract price was approximately $¡450,000, to which extras Viere added, making the total in excess of $500,000.

Upon the completion of the hotel a number of suits were filed by subcontractors of the E. W. Minter Company, including* furnishers of both materials and labor, seeking to perfect liens upon the hotel property for the materials and labor furnished. Other suits were filed by unsecured creditors…