Ogburn Gravel Co. v. Watson Co.

Watson & Co., building contractors, on February 21, 1914, entered into a written agreement with Neiman-Mar-cus Company to construct a four-story fireproof building, to cost about $100,000, on a lot of ground the fee-simple title to which was in the estate of J. C. O’Connor, deceased, and which lot of ground was held by Neiman-Marcus Company under a lease for 99 years, made with the trustees of said O’Connor estate, beginning on September 1, 1912. On May 18, 1914, Watson Company, as general contractors, entered into a written agreement with Greer & Co., as subcontractors, by which Greer & Co.…