H. Raphael Co. v. Grote

This is an appeal upon the judgment-roll alone from a decree foreclosing certain mechanics’ liens. The contract between the owner and the contractor was admittedly valid. One half of the contract price had been paid by the owner, when, upon the contractor’s failure to proceed further with the work, the owner, under a clause in the contract reserving him the right so to do, entered and supplied the necessary material and labor to finish the building. The lien claimants are those who furnished, labor and material to the contractor before abandonment. They contend, and the court found with their…