Galyon & Co. v. Ketchen
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County. January Term, 1886. ~W. B. Staley, Oh. Suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien, brought by Gal-yon & Co. for use of S. A. Galyon, against George Ketchen and wife, as the owners of the property upon which the lien was claimed, the Savings, Building and Loan Association as mortgagee thereof, and the Knoxville Eire Insurance Company, which had issued a policy of insurance upon the building upon said land.
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FROM KNOX. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Knox County. January Term, 1886. ~W. B. Staley, Oh. Suit to enforce a mechanic’s lien, brought by Gal-yon & Co. for use of S. A. Galyon, against George Ketchen and wife, as the owners of the property upon which the lien was claimed, the Savings, Building and Loan Association as mortgagee thereof, and the Knoxville Eire Insurance Company, which had issued a policy of insurance upon the building upon said land. A loss had occurred, and complainants by their bill attached the insurance. There was a decree below dismissing the bill, and complainants…
1Opinion of the CourtSnodgrass, J.
On the 5th of March, 1885, Galyon & Co., contractors, of the city of Knoxville, entered into the following agreement for the building of a house in Gill’s addition to said city with Defendant Ketchen:
“Articles of agreement between G. H. Ketchen, of the first part, and L. A. Galyon & Co., of the second part, entered into this 5th of March, 1885, as follows: The said Galyon & Co., of Knoxville, Tonn., do agree and covenant, their heirs or assigns, with G. II. Ketchen to furnish all necessary labor and material for the erection of a five-room house, to be built on lot No. 90, in Gill’s addition…
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