Legal Opinion

Barber v. Reynolds

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872No. 2,290PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The complaint in this action started with the following averments: “ That during all the times hereinafter stated, the said defendants, R. T. Reynolds and Leonard Washburn, were partners in business in said City and County of San Francisco, under the firm name of R. T. Reynolds & Oo.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The complaint in this action started with the following averments: “ That during all the times hereinafter stated, the said defendants, R. T. Reynolds and Leonard Washburn, were partners in business in said City and County of San Francisco, under the firm name of R. T. Reynolds & Oo. That on or about the 30th day of July, A. I). 1866, at said City and County of San Francisco, and State of California, said last named defendants, as such partners, occupied and possessed, under a written lease for…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:

This action was brought to enforce certain liens claimed under the provisions of the Act of April 26th, 1862, in relation to liens of mechanics and others. The plaintiffs, each claiming a distinct and separate lien upon a leasehold interest in a lot on Howard street, in San Francisco, and upon a building partially erected thereon, unite in the complaint and pray a decree enforcing their liens. Pending the action *530Buckman intervened and set up a lien in favor of himself as having furnished labor and materials in the construction of the building between August 16th…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Starr v. Trustees of RochesterNew York Supreme Court · 1831
  2. Barber v. ReynoldsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. BarnnovichCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911
  2. Ben Greenblatt v. Ernest R. Utley, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Moses A. Fleming, a BankruptCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
  3. Curnow v. GravelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Gordon Hardware Co. v. San Francisco & San Rafael RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. McCormack v. PhillipsSupreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1887

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