Osten v. Curtis

plaintiff, Osten, commenced this action in the superior court for King county seeking recovery for labor and material furnished by him to the defendant, Mrs. Curtis, in the repair of an old dwelling house belonging to her; and also to have the amount due him therefor decreed to be a lien upon the property. A trial resulted in a decree awarding recovery and foreclosure as prayed for by Osten, from which Mrs. Curtis has appealed to this court.

No formal findings of fact were made by the trial judge. It, however, is apparent from the record that he Mewed the facts in substance as follows: The…