Beard v. Lancaster Midway Oil Co.

In these consolidated actions, the plaintiffs obtained a decree foreclosing liens held by them under the Mechanic’s Lien Law, on account of work done and labor furnished in performance of contracts made by the plaintiffs with defendant Lancaster Midway Oil Company in connection with the drilling of an oil well on property leased to the company. The léase was made by defendants Francesco Vacca, Guiseppe Vacca, and Pasquale Vacca, who owned the property subject to a recorded deed of trust made by the owners to defendants Giannini and Pedrini, as trustees under a deed of trust given to secure a…