Weinsveig

Seven actions brought in the superior court to enforce liens alleged to be then existing in favor of the plaintiffs against the property of defendant Weinsveig were consolidated and trial was had in the consolidated action. The trial court determined that several of the lien claimants were entitled to have liens enforced against the property of said defendant, and a large sum of money which was deposited in court by defendant Weinsveig, and which represented the balance due to Reeve, the contractor, was ordered distributed among the successful plaintiffs. The appellants here, three in number, were not allowed to participate in the distribution of this fund, and the court determined that they were not entitled to enforce liens, but that they were entitled to judgment against the contractor only, for the amounts of their several claims. The appeal is from the judgment. So much of the evidence as was thought sufficient to illustrate the errors assigned by appellants is presented in the form of a bill of exceptions.

By the findings of the court it is shown that a contract was entered into between defendant Reeve, as contractor, and defendant Weinsveig, as owner, for the erection of a…