Riley

This action was instituted to foreclose twelve liens for labor and materials furnished and used in the construction of a house for the defendant Riley, the several claims, including costs of recording, aggregating in amount the sum of $1,728.86. One of the said liens was for materials furnished by the plaintiff, and the others were duly assigned to the plaintiff. One Duncan also commenced an action to foreclose a lien for labor done by him on the building, of the value of $25, and the two actions were consolidated and tried together. The contract, under which the building was constructed, was executed by Riley, as owner, and J. H. Cummins, as contractor, on October 10, 1893, and was duly recorded. It provided that Cummins should do all the work and furnish all the materials necessary to complete the building according to the plans and specifications made by Charles W. Davis, architect, for the sum of $2,180. It further provides that the payments, so far as need be stated here, should be made as follows: (4) When ready for plastering, $250; (5) when first coat of plastering is finished, $250; (6) when white coat of plastering is finished, $250; (7) when whole work completed and…