Hege

Santa Monica Lumber & Mill Co. v. Hege

Good Law
1897 Cal. LEXIS 945·5 Cal. Unrep. 628·48 P. 69
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 10, 1897L. A. No. 158California285 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Belcher, J.

This is an action to foreclose a lien for materials furnished for and used in the construction, alteration and repair of certain buildings on a lot of land in the town of Santa Monica, county of Los Angeles. Defendant Hege was the owner of the lot, and defendant Naumann was the lessee thereof. The materials were furnished by plaintiff upon the order of Naumann, and were of the alleged value of $244.59. Naumann suffered his default to be entered. Hege demurred to the complaint, and, his demurrer being overruled, answered. The case was tried, and the court found, among other things, that all the allegations of the complaint were true, except that $75 instead of $100, as stated therein, would be a reasonable attorney’s fee, and, as conclusions of law, that there was “due to the plaintiff from the defendants the sum of $244.59, and the further sum of $1.45, expenses of recording said lien, and the further sum of $75, hereby allowed as attorney’s fees; that defendant Dr. *630 Wm. Naumann is personally liable therefor, and that the amounts aforesaid are, and each of them is, a valid lien against the real property described in the complaint, and of every part and parcel thereof, and…

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