Fletcher v. Stedman

This is a petition against George R. Steelman and Lucy A. Hobart to enforce a lien, under Pub. Sts. c. 191. The only ground on which the petitioner’s right is denied is that he failed to give notice in writing to the owner of the property that he intended to claim such lien, as required by § 3, “if such owner is not the purchaser of such materials.” The owner of the property ordered the materials in person, on behalf of a firm of which he was one of the two members. He was one of the two joint purchasers in the technical sense of those who acquired the title to the materials before they were…