C. B. Lee & Co. v. Phelps

Citations

• 54 Tex. 367
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 33

Syllabus

<p>1. Mechanics’ liens — Statute construed.— Under the act of 1876, in order to fix and secure an artisan’s or mechanic’s lien, it was essential that a copy of the bill of particulars should be delivered to the debtor, and in seeking to foreclose the bill; the burthen of proof was upon the party asserting its existence to show that the bill of particulars had been thus delivered.</p>