Schafer v. Vizena

The evidence of the garnishees disclosed that the defendant had been employed by them to build and complete an elevator, at a given price per thousand feet of the lumber put into the structure. He abandoned the work-before its completion, without cause, so far as appears, leaving a number of his employes, who had worked on the building, unpaid in'an amount exceeding the balance due defendant, estimated by the amount of lumber already used. The examination of the garnishees left the question of the extent of their liability to such employes, who, it appears, were cont emplating filing liens on…