Cowan v. Griffith

This is an action to foreclose certain mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens. Plaintiffs recovered judgment, and the Fresno Loan and Savings Bank, a mortgagee and defendant, has appealed. The build, ing upon which the liens were foreclosed was a dwelling-house, situated some five miles from the city of Fresno, and the only question of any importance involved in this appeal relates to the amount of land necessary for the convenient use and occupation of this dwelling. It is situated upon a tract of land described as lots 21 and 22, of the Easterby rancho, the entire tract containing forty acres,…