Niehaus v. C. B. Barker Const. Co.

The Chickasaw Hotel Company let a contract to the C. B. Barker Construction Company to erect the Chisca Hotel in Memphis. The complainant was a subcontractor employed to do the plastering and metal lathing on the hotel building. The account of complainant not being paid, he gave notice as required by section 3540 of Shannon’s Code, providing for the lien of mechanics or materialmen, and thereafter, within ninety days, as required by the statute, he brought an attachment suit to enforce the said lien against the Chisca Hotel property. Complainant named as defendants to his bill the C. B.…