Robinett v. Brown
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. W. M. Conley, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This action was commenced to foreclose a mechanic’s lien in the sum of $97.50 on property belonging to the defendant. The lien claim and the complaint both charged upon an oral contract to pay the reasonable market value of the work done and materials furnished and alleged that this reasonable value was the sum of $97.50. The answer asserted a specific agreement on the part of the plaintiff to furnish the material and do the work in question for the sum of sixty dollars and pleaded an offer in writing to allow judgment to be taken in that sum (Code Civ. Proc., sec. 997).
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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