DeWitt v. Coffey

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to enforce a lien claimed by the appellee, Coffey, a subcontractor, against a lot and building for the construction of -which he had furnished the lumber. The decree established the lien of the subcontractor as superior to that of H. E. DeWitt, the appellant here, who claimed under a deed of trust which had been executed during the construction of the building by the owners to secure the general contractor, Jackson, and by Jackson assigned to the appellant.

*368The facts more in detail are, that Cofer and Lynch, the owners of certain…