EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF UNITED STATES v. BASNIGHT

No. 305.

67 S.E.2d 390 (1951)

234 N.C. 347

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES et al. v. BASNIGHT et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 31, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Emanuel, Raleigh, and Albion Dunn, Greenville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James & Speight, Greenville, for defendant-appellee, W. G. Dunn.


ERVIN, Justice.

This question arises at the outset: Where a lien claimant files notice of a contractor's lien against a building and the lot on which it stands in the office of the clerk of the superior court on March 15, 1949, for work done and materials furnished by him in the construction of the building under contract with the owners of the lot between August 14 and November 27, 1948, does the lien relate back to the time when the lien claimant began the performance...

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