Butterworth v. Levy
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
The plaintiff and several other parties commenced separate actions to foreclose mechanics’ liens on the same property, and all the actions were consolidated and tried together. The defendant Levy was the owner of the property; the defendant Meyers was a mortgagee thereof, and the defendant Dunning was the original contractor. Levy and Meyers answered, and Dunning suffered his default to be entered.
The case was tried and a decree entered foreclosing all the liens, from which and from an order denying a new trial Levy and Meyers appeal.
The contract was .to erect a two-story building…
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