Swearingen Lumber Co. v. Washington School Township

The petition alleges that the defendant school township let to one J. O. Frizelle a contract for the construction of a schoolhouse, that plaintiff as subcontractor furnished- to Frizelle the lumber and materials for said building, and that upon the debt thus arising there is due and owing to the plaintiff a balance of $452.75. It is also alleged that after furnishing said lumber and materials to Frizelle, and within thirty days after delivering the.last item thereof, plaintiff presented to said school district, and filed with the proper officer thereof, an itemized and sworn statement of said…