Thomas v. Setliffe

This suit was brought by a firm of carpenters to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon property in Chattanooga on. which they had done work. There was a decree for the complainants in the chancery court, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and a petition for certiorari has been filed by certain of the defendants.

Stating only such facts as are relevant to the questions presented to this court, it appears that the' Union Bank & Trust Company on November 1, 1926, conveyed the property involved to Setliffe. A vendor’s lien was retained in this deed to secure payment of the purchase money note,…