Heman-Cook Lumber Co. v. Fogarty

On August 20, 1926, C. B. Taliaferro, who was the owner of two lots of land situated in' the M. G. Ellis addition to the city of Fort Worth, entered into a contract in writing with L. R. Cook, by the terms of which the latter agreed to “furnish all the labor and material for, and to construct, erect and complete” upon each of said lots, a five-room frame house, and in consideration therefor Taliaferro agreed to pay to Cook the sum of $2,500 for each of said houses. The contract stipulated that Cook should have a mechanic’s lien on each of said lots to secure the payment of the contract for…