Smith v. Mathews Construction Co.

Defendants appeal from a judgment for something more than five thousand dollars, balance due for work done and materials furnished in the construction of improvements on the Forum building, in Sacramento. A lien on the property was also adjudged.

The action was based on a contract between plaintiff and defendant Mathews Construction Company and the work done and materials furnished thereunder. The contract price to be paid for plaintiff’s work and materials used for metal furring, lathing, and corner-beads and plastering and ceipenting the five-story addition to the building was $14,790, of…