Benton v. Hill

JOHNSON, Justice.

C. L. Benton, plaintiff in error, hereafter referred to as plaintiff, commenced this action in the Court of Common Pleas of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, to foreclose a laborer’s and materialman’s lien upon the real estate of defendants V. C. Martin and Ollie Martin.

The record discloses that Benny Hill made a contract with the defendants Martin to lease their store building involved herein. As a part of the agreement, Hill agreed to make certain alterations and repairs upon the building to fit it for the use he intended under the lease. Hill orally employed the plaintiff to make…