Olson Construction Co. v. Commercial Building & Investment Co.

The nature of this case is a suit in equity. The Olson Construction Company sued to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for a balance due for construction of a commercial building, and encountered a conventional cross-petition for damages caused by faulty construction filed by the Commercial Building & Investment Company, which will hereinafter be referred to as the building company. The pleadings made up more than 50 pages of the transcript, and the evidence adduced at the trial consists of three large volumes embracing 1,335 pages. To abstract either the pleadings or the evidence would unduly…