Vale v. Maryland Casualty Co.

PRESTON (H. L.), J., pro tem.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order of the Superior Court in and for the City and County of San Francisco vacating four separate judgments in a consolidated action involving eleven different mechanic’s lien cases; also, an appeal from two other ex parte orders of the trial judge.

The facts are not in serious dispute and are briefly these: On February 20, 1926, Alexander G. Mattson, a contractor and builder, entered into a written contract with one G. P. Anderson, wherein and whereby Alexander G. Mattson. agreed to construct a building for said G. P.…