Durrel Paint & Varnish Co. v. Arnold

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County dismissing plaintiff’s action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien.

One Podoyak was the owner of the premises on which he constructed a house. William Luft was the general contractor. Victor Arnold, one of the defendants herein, was a subcontractor engaged to paint the house. Plaintiff, appellant herein, The Durrel Paint & Varnish Company, was the materialman which sold and furnished to Arnold the paint used for painting the house.

The plaintiff brought suit against Arnold for the sum of $149.14 on an…