Fickling v. Jackman

THE COURT.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. Abraham Schneider in his lifetime, as owner, made a contract with W. T. Jackman Company, one of the defendants, as builder, for the construction of a fifteen-unit bungalow court on Cahuenga Avenue in the city of Los Angeles. The Jackman Company agreed to furnish all labor and material necessary for the erection and completion of the units. The contract price was stipulated to be $43,840, payable in amounts equal to seventy per cent of paid bills as the work progressed, and a sum in…