Charles v. Godfrey

The plaintiff sued to foreclose a mechanic’s lien of $170 for the purchase price of a furnace placed by him in the defendant’s house, and the defendant counterclaimed on account of alleged defects in the installation and operation of the furnace. The court after trial found that the cold-air pipe was not properly placed, and allowed $25 damage upon the counterclaim therefor, and rendered the usual lien judgment for the plaintiff for $145, with interest,' *595hut limited the costs, exclusive of disbursements, to the sum ■of $25. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment and assigns as errors (1) the…