Griffith v. Williams

This suit involves the claim of three laborers who worked on a job in constructing a dwelling house for the defendant, Dr. A.D. Williams, in the town of Kentwood. The plaintiff sues in his own name and on his own behalf and as the assignee of the claims of two of his fellow workmen, asking for a judgment for the full amount of the demand made, with recognition of a lien and privilege on the building and the lot of ground on which it is situated.

The building contract was never recorded nor was the contractor's bond filed and recorded as required by Act 298 of 1926 and its amending Act No. 323…