Van Winkle v. Grimm

This is a proceeding brought in a County Court under the Mechanics’ Lien Law, to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon the “ I Street Railroad,” in the City of Sacramento. C. H. Grimm *458claimed to hold three mortgages upon the property, and that they were hens thereon prior to those of the mechanics and material men. The case was tried by a referee, who reported findings of facts, and a judgment in favor of the holders of the mechanics’ hens, from which the intervenor appeals.

The first object that we will notice is, that the County Court had no jurisdiction, because the amount of the lien of the…