Lofsted v. Bohman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Bohman owned a farm on which Lofsted contracted to build a house for $1600. The contractor bought his materials of Burbeck & Lucas, lumber dealers, who filed a subcontractor’s lien for $559.53. Bohman paid Lofsted $1015 on the contract and furnished material and labor amounting' to $57.40. The subcontractors sued the contractor and owner to foreclose their lien, Bohman and wife answering admitting the lien, denying the correctness of the account and alleging that only a portion of the materials charged for had been used in the construction of…