Spiller v. Wells
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk pronounced June 21, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein appellees were the complainants, and appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts with which we have to deal are as follows:
Appellants contracted with Wells to erect a three-story brick building in the city of Norfolk, which was completed on the 4th day of July, 1896. On the 30th day of August of that year, Wells perfected his lien as general contractor by filing in the clerk’s office of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk an account showing the amount and character of the work done, the material furnished, the prices charged therefor, the payments made, and balance due, and a description of the property upon…
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