Valentine Lumber & Supply Co. v. Thibeault

This bill is brought by a subcontractor, hereinafter called Valentine, against the defendant principal contractor, hereinafter called Thibeault, and the defendants David R. Berg and Ethel Berg, husband and wife, the owners of real estate in Longmeadow, to establish Valentine’s lien for materials furnished to Thibeault for a house to be built by him upon the Berg land for the price of $29,000.

The lien claimed is a subcontractor’s lien under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 254, § 4, and depends upon a recorded notice of a written contract for the materials between Valentine and Thibeault. No lien is…