Monji v. Sanko Contracting Co.

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

BANKS, J.

This is a suit brought under the statutes for the recovery of a judgment against a contractor to whom the plaintiffs had furnished certain materials, labor and supplies which were used in the construction of a Japanese temple owned by Jodo Mission of Hawaii, an eleemosynary corporation, and to have the judgment declared a lien on the property described in the petition. The liability of the contractor in the sum of $4,900.71 was admitted. The right of the plaintiffs to a lien, however, was denied. The circuit judge decided this issue in favor of the Jodo…