Holland v. Jones

Davison J.

This was an action by Jones against Holland, Proctor,' and Critchlow, to recover certain real estate in Lawrence county. The issues were submitted to the Court, who found for the plaintiff. New trial refused, and judgment, &c.

The facts of this case are substantially these: One *496Austin Speer, being the owner in fee simple of a lot of ground, which is the real estate in controversy, employed Jones to build a house on the lot. Jones built the house, and after its completion, viz., on the 10th of January, 1852, he filed in the recorder’s office of the proper county, a notice of lien for…