Dillin v. United Roofing & Supply Co.

United Roofing & Supply Company brought suit in the municipal court of Atlanta against H. W. Dillin, as contractor, and H. H. White, as owner, for the purpose of procuring a personal judgment against Dillin and of foreclosing a materialman’s lien on certain real estate belonging to White, to improve which the material had been furnished to Dillin in the erection of a dwelling house. Dillin answered that he procured the materials as agent, and that the liability was White’s. White pleaded that the material had been purchased by Dillin as contractor, and that for certain reasons, which need not…