Bennett v. Bruchou

The plaintiff, Charles Bennett, instituted this suit against Jack Bruchou and others as ■defendants, to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien on real property in Klamath Falls, Oregon. All the defendants defaulted except the one named. From a decree in favor of the plaintiff, foreclosing the lien and ordering the property covered thereby sold, the •defendant Bruchou prosecutes this appeal.

Early in the month of July, 1931, Bruchou, who was the owner of a tract of land in Klamath Falls on which Fe was then operating a service station, decided to demolish the building on the property and…