No subcontractor, materialman, or workman employed under the original contractor shall be entitled to a personal judgment or decree against the owner of the premises for the amount due to him from said original contractor, except upon a special promise of such owner, in writing, for a sufficient consideration, to be answerable for the same.
D.C. Code § 40-303.19
No action by subcontractor against owner
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1387, ch. 854, § 1257
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