Barton Lumber & Brick Co. v. Caraway

This is a suit by appellant to enforce a mechanic’s lien for $618.30 on the building and improvements located on land described in the complaint against appellees, E. A. Caraway and wife, and Mrs. Bell Townsend. Caraway was the owner of the land. The Federal Land Bank, not a party to this suit, held a first mortgage, and Mrs. Townsend a second mortgage. A house insured for $600 was destroyed by fire, and that sum was paid to the Federal Land Bank and by it turned over to Caraway to erect a new house. He bought the material from appellant for the new house, and filed an answer to this suit,…