Barnette v. Shuttles

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiffs instituted this suit, praying that the court decree that defendant had neither furnished material nor performed labor in the construction of two houses that plaintiffs had erected, and therefore was not entitled to the lien he claimed and had recorded against said property.

The lower court rejected plaintiffs’ demands, and they have appealed to this court.

The lower court, in a written opinion, has stated the issues and facts in so far as it goes. The opinion is as follows:

“On March 13, 1936, the defendant caused to be recorded in the mortgage records of Caddo Parish an…