Carlson v. Maughmer

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

This is an action in equity by Carlson and Hyndman, carpenters, to establish and foreclose a mechanic’s lien for $3343.11 against a dwelling they built under an oral contract for defendants Maughmer and wife in Cherokee. The principal controversy is whether it was agreed at the outset the total cost of the home exclusive of the lot would not exceed $24,326.96, the figure plaintiffs submitted to defendants as the cost. (Counsel and witnesses frequently referred to the figure as $24,000.00.)

Plaintiffs maintain the above amount was merely an estimate, not a, firm,, bid…