Warren v. Hopkins

The plaintiffs brought an action upon a contract made by them with the defendant Hopkins, for grading outside land blocks 664 and 665 in San Francisco, and to enforce a lien upon the land for such grading, and subsequently brought another action upon a contract made by them with the defendants Hopkins and Bowie, for grading the streets in front of said blocks, and to enforce a lien therefor upon the same land. The appellant, Loupe, held a mortgage upon *508block 664, executed to him. by the defendant .Hopkins subsequent to the date of the contract for grading the blocks, and, for that reason, was…