Bothum

Bothum v. Kreis

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101 Cal. App. 683·1929 Cal. App. LEXIS 1000·282 P. 414
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaNovember 6, 1929Docket No. 7104.California1,051 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Koford, J.

Plaintiff obtained a judgment and decree of foreclosure of a materialman’s mechanic lien against the property of the appellants.

The sole contention on appeal is that the plaintiff’s claim of lien is invalid betiause of its many faults of description of the appellants’ property against which the lien is claimed.

The appellants’ said property is correctly described as follows: Lot five (5), block twelve (12), Brooklyn Heights Ganahl Tract, as per map thereof recorded in book 22, page 17 of miscellaneous records of Los Angeles County, California, said premises being known as 2436 Folsom Street, Los Angeles, California.

The description in the claim of lien gave the street number wrong, omitted to give the number of the tract block, omitted the word “Ganahl” in the name of the tract and referred to book 22 of maps instead of to book 22 of miscellaneous records. It read as follows: “2546 Folsom street, Los Angeles, California, and which premises claimant is informed and believes to be described as lot five, Brooklyn Heights Tract, as per map thereof recorded in book 22, page 17 of maps, records of Los Angeles County, California. ’ ’

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