Moore v. Rolin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Richmond. Decided at Wytheville. Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond in an action for libel in prematurely filing a mechanic’s lien, wherein Moore was plaintiff and Rolin defendant. Court below sustained demurrer to declaration, and plaintiff appealed.. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The declaration states, in substance, that the plaintiff, who-is the plaintiff in error here, was, in the fall of the year 1890, *108a carpenter and builder, of good name, fame, and credit; that about that time he was employed by the Virginia Land and Loan Company to build certain houses in the city of Richmond; that in the execution of this contract the plaintiff employed the defendant, as a sub-contractor, to do the brick-work, at a certain price, to be paid at a certain time; that before the work was done, and before anything was due by the…
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