Mabry v. Priester

BELL, Chief Justice.

This suit originated in a petition filed by appellee, seeking to cancel a mechanic’s lien filed in the Mechanic’s Lien Records of Harris County filed by appellant, and seeking to remove such as a cloud on title. The theory of the suit was that while appellant may have been employed by oral contract to draw plans and specifications for a building to be used for a supper club or restaurant, he did not perform his agreement because he never completed plans and specifications that could be used in constructing a building, but they were so incomplete that no contractor could…