Federal Land Bank v. Clinchfield Lumber & Supply Co.

This is an equity suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien. The facts are not in dispute. In April, 1935, the Clinchfield Lumber and Supply Company (hereinafter called the Supply Company) furnished certain materials used in the construction of a dwelling which A. B. Bays erected on a 73.3-acre farm owned by him in Wise county. The sum of $318.78, the greater part of the price of these materials so furnished, was unpaid, and in due time the Supply Company filed a mechanic’s lien on the building and the entire tract of land to secure the payment of the balance due to it.

More than five years prior to…