KNIGHT v. FERRANTE


117 S.E.2d 283 (1960)

202 Va. 243

Charles Louis KNIGHT and Sara Hammond Knight, v. Giuseppe FERRANTE, Robert L. Maxwell, Dorsey S. Beach, and Thomas W. Phillips and Henry J. Klinge, Trustees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Louis Knight, Washington, D. C. (James H. Simmonds, Arlington, on brief), for appellants.

Charles S. Russell, Arlington, Ralph C. Mutchler, Jr., Falls Church (Jesse, Phillips, Klinge & Kendrick, Arlington, Harrell & Mutchler, Falls Church, on brief), for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

Giuseppe Ferrante filed a bill in equity to enforce a mechanic's lien perfected by him on a dwelling house which Dorsey S. Beach, as general contractor, had agreed to build for Charles Louis Knight and Sara Hammond Knight on a lot owned by the Knights in Arlington county. The bill alleged that Beach, the general contractor, was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $420.40, with interest, for the price of labor and materials furnished by...

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