Selden v. Meeks
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Sixth District. After plaintiff had complied with the agreement stated in the opinion of the Court, defendant Meeks executed to him a note for six hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-eight cents, as the amount due for the small frame house and the other improvements— the sum agreed on for the house being two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
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Appeal from the Sixth District. After plaintiff had complied with the agreement stated in the opinion of the Court, defendant Meeks executed to him a note for six hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-eight cents, as the amount due for the small frame house and the other improvements— the sum agreed on for the house being two hundred and seventy-five dollars. To secure this note, plaintiff, on the fifteenth day of October, 1858, filed his notice of lien, as follows :— “ To all whom it may concern, and particularly W. Meeks, will take notice that I, John M. Selden, of the city and county…
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
Field, C. J. and Baldwin, J. concurring.
The questions in this case arise upon the following facts: The defendant Meeks employed the plaintiff, who is a mechanic, to erect certain improvements upon a lot owned by the former in the city of Sacramento. As a part of these improvements, the plaintiff was to place upon the lot a small frame house, which he had previously constructed, and make certain additions thereto. The other improvements were to consist of out houses, fences, etc. The plaintiff was to receive for the house the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars. The agreement was fully…
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