Geddes v. Bowden
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Frasee, J., Spartanburg, July, 1881. Petition by John Geddes against B. L. Bowden and others, for the enforcement of a lien on the Merchants’ Hotel property in Spartanburg city. The Circuit decree, omitting the statement of such facts as are repeated in the opinion, 'was as follows : No notice was given by the “ owners” to petitioner that they would not be responsible for the work done or material furnished until after the statement was filed.
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Before Frasee, J., Spartanburg, July, 1881. Petition by John Geddes against B. L. Bowden and others, for the enforcement of a lien on the Merchants’ Hotel property in Spartanburg city. The Circuit decree, omitting the statement of such facts as are repeated in the opinion, 'was as follows : No notice was given by the “ owners” to petitioner that they would not be responsible for the work done or material furnished until after the statement was filed. The “ owners ” never gave any authority to Maxwell, Lyman & Land, or Maxwell & Lyman, to make any contract with petitioner for them; and while…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Me. Justice McIvee.
The defendants, Bowden and others, who are styled, in the title of the case, “ owners,” entered into a written contract with their co-defendants, Maxwell, Lyman & Land, styled “ contractors,” for the construction of a building on nine adjoining lots in the city of Spartanburg; the first floor of which was to be divided into nine stores, and an entrance to the hotel, which embraced the second and third floors of the building. The stores are the separate property of the several owners of the lots, while the hotel and the entrance…
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