Gates v. Brown
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County. Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien claimed by plaintiff upon a certain building in the city of Seattle, State of Washington, known as the Winehill building. Theplaint-iff was a subcontractor under the defendants Charles E,. Brown and Isaac Percival, who were contractors with Gus-tave Winehill and Henrietta Winehill, the owners of said building, for the erection thereof.
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Appeal from Superior Court, King County. Action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien claimed by plaintiff upon a certain building in the city of Seattle, State of Washington, known as the Winehill building. Theplaint-iff was a subcontractor under the defendants Charles E,. Brown and Isaac Percival, who were contractors with Gus-tave Winehill and Henrietta Winehill, the owners of said building, for the erection thereof. To the amended complaint in this action Gustave and Henrietta Winehill interposed separate demurrers, which were sustained, and plaintiff declining to plead further, judgments were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
This was an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The defendants demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The question was as to the sufficiency of the lien notice, which the lower court held to be invalid, and sustained the demurrer. The plaintiff appeals to this court. The notice, a copy of which was set forth in the complaint, is as follows:
“ State of Washington, county of King — ss. Fred. G. Gates, claimant, vs. Isaac Percival and Charles Brown, debtors, and Gustave…
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