Gray v. Walker
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Spartanburg, March, 1880. Petition by Albert Gray against E. C. Walker, to enforce mechanics’ lien, filed June 25th, 1879. To the statement of facts in the opinion of this court, the following extracts from the testimony may be properly added: W. E. Walker testified for plaintiff: Am husband for defendant; Hughes authorized me to look after the building; if I had seen building going on wrong I should have notified Hughes; think I called attention of Gray…
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Before Wallace, J., Spartanburg, March, 1880. Petition by Albert Gray against E. C. Walker, to enforce mechanics’ lien, filed June 25th, 1879. To the statement of facts in the opinion of this court, the following extracts from the testimony may be properly added: W. E. Walker testified for plaintiff: Am husband for defendant; Hughes authorized me to look after the building; if I had seen building going on wrong I should have notified Hughes; think I called attention of Gray to plastering off in large room, and asked him to replaster it; I spoke to Gray just as I would to any other employe of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Simpson, C. J.
There is but one question in this case, to wit: Whether the respondent is entitled to the mechanics’ lien, which he is here attempting to set up and enforce against the defendant, appellant.
The facts of the case are as follows: The appellant owned a lot of land in the town of Spartanburg, upon which her father, as a gift to his daughter, had determined to have erected for her use a small dwelling-house. To this end a contract was made by the defendant and her father, W. H. Hughes, with one Howerton, who was to furnish all the materials…
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