Claude Ricker Lumber & Paint Co. v. Barger

This is an action to establish and foreclose a materialman’s lien. It was instituted in the district court of Grady county on August 24, 1938, by Claude Ricker Lumber & Paint Company, Claude Ricker, owner, as plaintiff, against William H. Barger, E. D. Barger, Mae Barger, and the Prudential Insurance Company of America, a corporation, as defendants.

On March 22, 1940, the trial of the cause occurred. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence the trial court discharged the jury and sustained a demurrer to the evidence as to E. D. Barger, Mae Barger, and the Prudential Insurance Company of…