Brunner v. Cook

The appellant filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Roanoke city against J. A. Cook and G. W. Austin, appellees, in August, 1919, alleging that as a dealer in lumber and building materials he supplied Austin as general contractor with material for the construction of a building for Cook, for which Austin became indebted to him in a considerable sum, and that by reason of an accounting had between Austin and Cook, the owner, on or before October 8, 1917, Austin gave an order or assignment in writing for the sum of $1,533.88 *268and delivered it to Cook, with directions to pay the appellant that…