Dewey Lumber Co. v. McQuirk

This is an appeal by the defendant Martha C. Whitesel from a judgment foreclosing two materialmen’s liens filed against her property, one by plaintiff and the other by plaintiff’s assignor, the Davis Mercantile Company.

The property, formerly defendant’s home, consists of a house and lot in the city of Poison. When she removed with her family to Seattle, the property was rented. The house was habitable and occupied until about December 1, 1930, when the defendant by contract in writing agreed to sell the property to Alpha E. McQuirk for the sum of $1,850, payable as follows: $375 upon the…