Carlisle v. Knapp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

The Chancellor.

The defendant in error contracted, in writing, with Messrs. Robinson & McDowell to do all the work and furnish all the materials in the erection of a dwelling house, and the contract thus made was filed in accordance *330with the requirements of the second section of the Mechanics’ Lien law. Rev., p. 668. Messrs. Robinson & McDowell, in turn, contracted with Culver & Miller to do all the mason work which the contract with the defendant required, and Culver & Miller bought from the plaintiff Carlisle materials which they used in the…