Eggleston v. Birmingham Purchasing Co.

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

By petition to superintend and revise, the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of R. M. Chambers complains of the action of the court in sustaining the claim that the respondent was entitled, as against the trustee, to a lien on a described lot of ground for the amount of the balance due the respondent for labor upon, and material furnished for, buildings on said lot under a contract with its owner, the bankrupt. The lien was claimed under the Alabama statute providing for liens in favor of mechanics and materialmen. Code of Alabama 1923, § 8832 et seq. That statute (Id.…