87 Neb. 309 | Neb. | 1910
This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien for material furnished and labor performed under a contract to remodel a theatre building in the city of Lincoln. The suit is by the contractor, who undertook to complete the work for the sum of $15,225. The contract was entered into June 15, 1907, and stipulated that
The decree is in part as follows: “Wherefore it is considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the defendant George Berg, do have and recover from defendants William R. Kimball and Frank B. Kimball the sum of $380.40, and that defendant Hardy Furniture Company do have and recover from said defendants Kim-ball the sum of $13.95, and that defendants Searle & Chapin Lumber Company do have and recover from said defendants Kimball the sum of $683.06, and that defendant R. S. Young Building & Supply Company do have and recover from said defendants Kimball the sum of $629.76, and that plaintiff do have and recover from said defendants Kimball the sum of $2,529.17.” This is arrived at by allowing plaintiff the contract price of $15,225 for the remodeling and rebuilding of the structure, to which is added the sum of $1,269.45 for extras, and deducting from the total the amount paid, the reduction resulting from change of plans, and the further sum of $775 for delay in the completion of the building other than delay caused by defendants. Defendants appeal. Plaintiff enters a cross-appeal. The assignments of error, in so far as they are deemed material, will be disposed of in the order presented by each in the briefs.
In ascertaining the several amounts due the subcontractors, the court added to their principal debts the fees for recording the liens, found the total of the same, and rendered judgment against the defendants therefor. Complaint is made of this action of the court. Complaint is also made of the manner of disposing of the interest due upon the subcontractors’ claims. In this we are unable to detect any error. It must be conceded that there was no contractual relation between defendants and the subcontractors. That relation existed only be
The judgment of the district court will be modified to the extent of deducting the said sum of $7.35 from the
Affirmed as modified.