Soule v. Dawes

This case was before this Court at the April Term, 1857. It was a chancery case, brought to enforce a mechanic’s lien on certain real estate in San Francisco, and one Ritter was made a party, who claimed an interest in the subject of litigation, by virtue of a mortgage for a large amount of money. The .whole case was fully presented on the proofs. This Court, upon the pleadings and proofs, decided that the lien of Ritter was paramount to the claim of the plaintiffs, predicated upon the mechanic's lien. The case is reported in 7 Cal. 576. The judgment of the lower Court was reversed. There was…