Remington

Remington v. Mulholland

Good Law
118 Cal. App. 479·1931 Cal. App. LEXIS 198·5 P.2d 667
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 21, 1931Docket No. 8055.California860 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Spence, J.

This is an appeal by certain defendants from a portion of the same judgment which we had under consideration in E. K. Wood Lumber Co. v. Mulholland, (No. 8071) ante, p. 475 [ 5 Pac. (2d) 669 ], the opinion in which has been this day filed. The appealing defendants, as holders of the deeds of trust and as purchasers at the foreclosure sale under the second deed of trust, appeal from that portion of the judgment in which it was decreed that plaintiff Remington was entitled to enforce a mechanic’s lien in the sum of $1800 and that said lien was “prior and superior to the claims and demands of the other parties to the action”.

We will not repeat the facts set forth in the opinion above mentioned nor do we deem it necessary to discuss all of the grounds here urged for a reversal of the portion of the judgment appealed from. Appellants contend that the uncontradicted testimony of respondent Remington showed that there had been a cessation of labor for more than thirty days, to wit, from about June 1, 1926, until some time in September, 1926, and as respondent’s lien was not filed until February 8, 1927, it did not date back further than the time when work was resumed in September,…

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