Mills v. La Verne Land Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
This action was brought to enforce an asserted lien under the mechanic’s lien law. The court below sustained a general demurrer to the complaint, and judgment was rendered for defendants. Plaintiff appeals.
The averments of the complaint are (in brief), that the La Verne company, defendant, was indebted to Meek & Benton in the sum of seven hundred dollars for labor and materials furnished by them for and in the construction of a building on land of said company; that said Meek & Benton, by a written instrument, assigned the indebtedness to plaintiff, and also assigned, if the thing could be…
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