Bailey Ornamental Iron Co. v. Goldschmidt

Action to enforce a mechanic’s lien claimed by the plaintiff. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment.

In March, 1911, the defendant Emma M. Goldschmidt, being about to cause the erection of a dwelling-house on land owned by her in the city of Los Angeles, entered into an oral contract with the Imperial Iron & Machine Company, under which that company agreed to construct for her a certain iron balcony as a part of the proposed building. The price for the work was to be $268; no time for the payment being named in the agreement. Mrs. Goldschmidt paid an installment of this price on May 18 and…