Shackleford v. Beck
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton and decided at Wytheville. Appeal from three decrees of circuit court of Olarke county, ~ne rendered in vacation, August 1, 1883, in the cause of Joim ~1. Shackleford against 0. A. Beck and others; another ren~ lered May 23, 1884, in the consolidated causes of Shackleford ga~nst Beck and als, and of Candler aqainst Russell.
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Argued at Staunton and decided at Wytheville. Appeal from three decrees of circuit court of Olarke county, ~ne rendered in vacation, August 1, 1883, in the cause of Joim ~1. Shackleford against 0. A. Beck and others; another ren~ lered May 23, 1884, in the consolidated causes of Shackleford ga~nst Beck and als, and of Candler aqainst Russell. The object of the first-named suit was to enforce a mechan- ic’s lien on a bouse built by Shackleford for Beck in Berryville, which, after the recordation of what Shackleford deemed an account in the clerk’s office, for the purpose of acquiring a…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The transcript of the record of these causes (which were virtually one), shows the following facts: The appellant, who is a carpenter and general contractor, under a written contract, dated March 1 st, 1882, built for the appellee, C. A. Beck, on his lot in the town of Berryville, in the summer of 1882, a frame dwelling-house, for the contract price of $927. During the progress of the work, some changes were made in the plan, necessitating extra-work, for which extra-charges were made to the amount of $105. The house was completed and turned over to the owner, C. A. Beck, on 29th September,…
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