Seattle Lumber Co. v. Sweeney

Citations

• 33 Wash. 691
• 74 P. 1001
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 299

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens—Notice—Stjfeiciency—Stating Terms oe Contract. Under Bal. Code, § 5904, the notice of claim for a mechanic's lien need not state the terms and conditions under which the materials were purchased as formerly required by Hills Code, § 1667.</p> <p>Same—Statement of Ownership of Property. Under the liberal construction required by Bal. Code, § 5917, a lien notice stating that the defendants were the owners of the property at the time the materials were furnished authorizes the construction time they are still the owners when the lien notice is filed.</p> <p>Same—General Lien on Separate Buildings—Validity—Postponement to Specific Liens. Bal. Code, § 5907, authorizes a single mechanic’s lien against separate lots for five buildings thereon where all are jointly owned by the same parties, and the failure to designate the amount claimed against each building only postpones the general lien to other liens which designate the amount due on specific property.</p> <p>Time of Piling Lien—Complaint—Sufficiency—Clerical Error in Notice. Where a complaint for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien alleges that the plaintiff commenced to furnish material March 19, and finished May '6, a statement that the notice was filed March 10 is clearly a clerical error, and it sufficiently appears to have been filed August 4, when it was executed on that day and the copy attached shows it was filed on th’at day.</p> <p>Same'—Computation of Time of Piling. When the last day of delivery was May 6, the lien claimant had all of August 4, which was ninety days thereafter, within which to file the lien.</p>