Popiella v. Zolawenski

Citations

• 51 Wash. 39
• 97 P. 972
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 961

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens — Persons Entitled — Furnishing Material. The plaintiff is entitled to a lien for lumber furnished in the construction of defendant’s house, where it appears that he worked in a mill and boarded with the defendants and agreed that lumber from the mill should be furnished to the defendants for use in building the house and the purchase price charged against his account for wages at the mill; and the fact that he handed defendants $60 to be applied in the same way on lumber bills would not constitute the transaction a loan, where it appears that it was his purpose to buy the lumber as his own material by using his wages and cash, and only handed the $60 to the defendants because of his inability to speak English and make himself understood at the mill office.</p>