Martin v. Becker
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from judgments of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County and from order refusing a new trial. John E. Richards, Judge in Nos. 6122 and 6300; J. R. Welch, Judge in No. 6106. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Will M. Beggs, and R. C. McComish, for Appellant T. B. Hubbard.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The defendant Becker was a building contractor who became bankrupt. At the time of his bankruptcy he had completed for Mrs. Careaga and for Mr. Martin each a separate dwelling-house under valid statutory contracts. The final payments becoming due, Mrs. Careaga and Mr. Martin deposited the amounts of their payments in court with appropriate averments, asking the court to call in the lien claimants to the funds, apportion the money, and dismiss plaintiffs, respectively, without further costs or charge. In the case of Hubbard v. Brinker, Becker, because of his bankruptcy, abandoned the…
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