Drake v. Riley

Plaintiff claims a lien for material furnished in the construction of a building and a dam intended to be used for the purposes of a fish hatchery.

When the work upon this hatchery was abandoned, is one of the questions involved herein. Mr. John Francisco, a witness in behalf of the appealing defendants, testified that he was working for A. 0. Riley, one of the defendants, until about the 15th of December, and that he saw Earl Smith working there “sometime the first of December, first week of December, maybe the 4th or 5th somewhere.” Defendant Riley was unable to state when the work ceased.

R.…