Higgins v. Standard Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n

Plaintiff-appellant Higgins brought two actions against defendant-respondent Desert Braemar, Inc., a corporation (hereinafter called “Desert”); one was to recover the reasonable value of plaintiff’s services as general contractor in the construction of apartment buildings near Palm Springs; the other was to foreclose a claim of general contractor’s lien on the same property against the same defendant for the same services. Other defendants were originally named, but all defendants except Desert were dismissed prior to trial. The two actions were consolidated for trial. From a judgment of…