Hamtramck Lumber & Supply Co. v. United Home Builders

The original bill herein was filed by plaintiff to enforce a lien for material furnished in the construction of three houses. Other lienors, subsequent purchasers of the property, the principal contractor and the surety on a bond to release the liens, were made defendants.

May 10, 1919, Andrew J. Tarsney was the owner of three lots on Emerson avenue in the city of Detroit, *267and on that day made a verbal agreement with the United Home Builders, Inc., for the erection of three residences thereon at $5,300 each, and paid $1,000. July 1, 1919, the agreement was. reduced to writing and signed by the…