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The defendant has filed appeals from six judgments entered in favor of plaintiffs in six actions brought for the recovery of several sums of money alleged to be held in possession by the defendant, subject to equitable liens which entitle plaintiffs to payment thereof. The cases are alike in the statement of facts relied upon. They differ only in that they relate to separate though similar transactions. They were tried together in the superior court. The parties are the same in all of the actions. Pursuant to stipulation, the records are presented in one transcript, and have been argued in one set of briefs. The decision in one case will determine the others. For this reason, we will discuss that case (Superior Court No. B-18520) in which the complaint is printed in the supplement to appellant’s brief, as if it were the only action before the court, and then decide all of the appeals in accordance with the conclusions reached in that case.

Except as may be otherwise noted herein, our statement of facts will be taken from the findings of fact contained in the transcript. On the twenty-eighth day of June, 1911, the plaintiffs, being the owners of the north half of lot 2, in block…