Knibb v. Mortensen

Citations

• 89 Wash. 595
• 154 P. 1109
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 840

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens — Claim—Excessiveness—Bad Faith. A mechanics’ lien must be made in good faith, and is violated by wilful excess, where it appears that the claimant included a $300 indemnity deposit not subject to lien and other foreign items, making it twice the amount that he could honestly have thought himself entitled to, and filed the same after an award of arbitrators against him, which he had invoked but refused to adopt.</p>