W. M. Carter Lumber Co. v. Deopp
Citations
- 110 Miss. 591
- 70 So. 701
Syllabus
<p>Mechanics’ Liens. Enforcement. Equitable jurisdiction.</p> <p>Since the aggregate amount which an owner employing a contractor to make repairs on a building can be called on to pay various materialmen, can only be ascertained after an accounting between him and the contractor, where the various material-men bring actions at law to enforce this lien, the owner may sue in equity to compel the materialmen to propound their claims in the chancery court; the stating of the account between the owner and the contractor being a proper function of equity.</p>
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