Legal Opinion

Baker v. Yakima Valley Canal Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 26, 1913No. 11362PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court-for Yakima county, Grady, J., entered October 7, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to foreclose labor liens.

1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.

The plaintiffs in this action seek to establish liens upon the irrigating canal of the defendant Yakima Valley Canal Company, for labor performed by them for the defendant Betts in screening sand and gravel used by defendant Powell in reconstructing the canal.

The facts are simple and practically undisputed. The defendant W. F. Powell entered into a written contract with the defendant canal company to reconstruct approximately 11,-000 feet of its canal, according to certain plans and specifications, and at his owp cost and expense, to perform all the work and furnish all the materials called…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. Canada & St. Louis Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Evans Marble Co. v. International Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1905
  3. Borde v. KingsleyWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Daley v. LegateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  5. Webster v. Real Estate Improvement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  5. Farwest Steel Corp. v. Mainline Metal Works, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1987

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