Fitch v. Applegate

The opinion of the court was delivered hy

Dunbar, J.

This action was brought under the act of March 6, 1897 (Laws 1897, p. 55), to foreclose eight laborers’ liens upon a saw mill and the land on which it stood. Applegate and wife were the owners of the land described in the complaint, and the defendants Caesar and wife were the assignees of certain mortgages upon the land described, • which mortgages were made to other parties to secure liens by which money was obtained by Applegate and wife, and were recorded prior to the time of the commencement of the work for which the liens were filed, and…