Rylander v. Koppe & Steinichen

This case has been twice tried in the trial court and twice has appeared in the Court of Appeals. 29 Ga. App. 41 (114 S. E. 81); 33 Ga. App. 686 (128 S. E. 69). The suit, brought in Sumter County by Koppe & Steinichen, was merely one of the essential steps in the foreclosure of a materialman’s lien, one of the provisions of our statute being that in order to foreclose such lien suit must be brought within twelve months. In the first trial the defendants relied for defense upon the proposition that no such contractual relationship existed between the owners of the real estate improved and…