Thomas Trammell & Co. v. Mount

Willie, Chief Justice.

The appellee sued the firm of Lawson, Smith & Co., to recover an amount alleged to be due him from that firm, on account of á contract in which, for a specific sum* the appellee agreed to furnish the work and material necessary to build for the appellants, four stone walls of a house of dimensions specified in the contract. He also prayed for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien upon the improvements made by him, and the lots upon which they were situated. The firm of Thomas Trammell & Co. were made defendants, under an allegation that they claimed some kind of interest…