Cain v. Rea

This suit was instituted by Herbert L. Cain to enforce an alleged mechanic’s lien duly filed on the property of the High Street Baptist Church of Charlottesville, for the balance of compensation claimed to be due for labor performed in connection with the erection of a church building.

On January 1, 1926, the congregation of the church, in a meeting called in conformity with the rules of that religious denomination, decided to erect on a lot near the University of Virginia, a church for the accommodation of the Baptist *449students attending that institution, and for the extension of its widening…