Borden

Arctic Lumber Co. v. Borden

Good Law
127 C.C.A. 486·211 F. 50·4 Alaska Fed. 151·1914 U.S. App. LEXIS 1712
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitFebruary 2, 1914No. 2282California2,741 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Gilbert, J.

(after stating the facts as above).

The court below, upon the consideration of the conflicting testimony of witnesses heard in open court, having found two important facts against the appellant, the only question for consideration here is whether the findings or the conclusions of law are based upon a mistaken view of the law, or an obvious error in applying the evidence. The appellant contends that, in finding that the lien notice was not filed within 30 days from the completion of the building, the court took the erroneous view that, because work upon the building had ceased and the building was occupied, it was completed, although a heating plant had not been installed therein and in other respects the building had not been finished. The lease provided that the building should be equipped with steam heat and radiators, “said steam heat to be either furnished by a boiler in the building or from and through steam pipes from outside the building.” The court below found that, after the execution of the lease, McCauley and Palmer, the lessees, abandoned the plan of installing a heating plant and other features in said building, as provided in said lease, “and adopted different…

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