California Portland Cement Co. v. Wentworth Hotel Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEALS from judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from orders denying motions for new trial. Curtis D. Wilbur, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court J. P. Chandler, and G. C. De Garmo, for Appellant Assignee in Insolvency. W. T. Craig, and Mulford & Dryer, for A. T. Hagan Company, Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES, J:
Various lien claimants who furnished lumber and materials for use in the construction of a large hotel building erected by the Wentworth Hotel Company at Oak Knoll, in the city of Pasadena, and some of whom performed work upon and about the structure, sought to foreclose liens in satisfaction of the indebtedness alleged to be owing to them. The building erected by the Wentworth company was originally designed to be six stories in height; after four stories had been completed it was decided by the owner to stop the work of construction, and thereupon the building was accepted as a…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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