Linck v. Johnson
Linck v. Johnson
Opinion of the Court
Appeal from judgment on a bill of exceptions. The action was brought to foreclose a lien for materials furnished by plaintiff, to be used, and which were used, in the construction of a building upon the premises described in the complaint. By the terms of the contract between the parties the plaintiff agreed to furnish to defendant certain moldings, turning, brackets and material for inside finish
The plaintiff was -properly allowed costs and attorneys’ fees: Code Civ. Proc., sec. 1195. Defendant did not make any tender of the amount due, nor any offer io allow judgment to be taken against her for any sum, and therefore is not protected by any provision of the code as to costs.
This case illustrates the fact that many appeals are brought to this court that involve no sum of importance and no principle of law. It would tend greatly to aid this court in clearing its calendar if the members of the bar would not burden us with appeals upon frivolous or technical questions, in which no principle is involved, and the amount is not sufficient to pay the costs of printing the transcript.
The judgment should be affirmed, with $100 damages to plaintiff.
We concur: Haynes, C.; Gray, C.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment is affirmed, with $100 damages to plaintiff.
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- Mechanic’s Lien.—The Fact That a Contract, as to One Item, is improperly set forth in the notice of a mechanic’s lien, will not render the lien void as to the other items, concerning which the contract was correctly stated, but recovery can be had for all such items as are correctly stated. Mechanic’s Lien.—Where, in an Action to Foreclose a mechanic’s lien, it is stipulated that defendant was at all times represented by her father as her agent in all the matters in controversy, that proof of such agency is unnecessary, and that her father attended to all business with plaintiff, evidence that such father told witness, when he wanted materials, to order them, and that when materials were wanted the father either ordered them or directed the witness to do so, is admissible to show authority for supplying extra materials. Mechanic’s Lien—Foreclosure—Costs and Fees.—Under Code of 'Civil Procedure, section 1195, providing that the court must allow, as a part of the costs on foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien, the money paid for filing and recording the lien, and reasonable attorney’s fees—such costs and fees to be allowed to lien claimants whose liens are established—a party establishing a claim is properly allowed such fees and costs where defendant makes no tender of the amount due, or offer to allow judgment for any sum.