Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Co. v. Williams
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Santa Clara County; F. E. Spencer, Judge. Action by the Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lumber Company against Joseph E. Williams and Mary A. Williams, owners of a building for which plaintiff furnished materials, and O. F. Fuller and E. L. Lashbrook, the contractors, to recover the value of the materials furnished. There was a judgment in favor of the owners, and a personal judgment against the contractors in favor of plaintiff.
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APPEAL from Superior Court, Santa Clara County; F. E. Spencer, Judge. Action by the Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lumber Company against Joseph E. Williams and Mary A. Williams, owners of a building for which plaintiff furnished materials, and O. F. Fuller and E. L. Lashbrook, the contractors, to recover the value of the materials furnished. There was a judgment in favor of the owners, and a personal judgment against the contractors in favor of plaintiff. From the judgment and an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
VANCLIEF, C.
The defendants Joseph and Mary Williams, who are husband and wife, employed the defendants Fuller and Lashbrook to build a dwelling-house, for a price exceeding $1,000, under a written agreement executed before the work was commenced, but the contract was never filed for record in the recorder’s office of the county in which the house was to be built. The plaintiff furnished the lumber to be used and which was used in the construction of the house to Fuller and Lashbrook under a contract with them alone. After the house was completed, viz., on April 16, 1889, the plaintiff filed…
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Harlan v. StufflebeemCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- McIntyre v. TrautnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
- Southern California Lumber Co. v. SchmittCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
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