256 P. 949 | Idaho | 1927
The defendant, Shufeldt, contracted with defendant School District to erect a schoolhouse for the approximate sum of $2,600. At the request of said contractor, plaintiff, Gem State Lumber Company, furnished certain materials which were all actually used in the construction and improvement of said building. The first of such materials were furnished on July 3, 1922, and the remainder thereafter as ordered until the last were delivered on December 19, 1922. They were charged to the contractor on a running account totaling in value $1,785.30. A balance of $585.30 remaining unpaid, plaintiff filed its lien therefor on December 22, 1922. Suit to foreclose was brought joining said defendants and one John Staats, alleged to be a joint contractor with Shufeldt.
The defendant School District submitted proof to the effect that the schoolhouse was completed on October 4, 1922, and accepted on October 7th; that thereafter Shufeldt entered into a second and independent contract to build a protective shanty over the basement steps, build in certain blackboards and cabinets and varnish the floors; which latter work was done, and materials furnished between October 4th and December 19th, after the completion of the first contract.
The district contended that plaintiff's lien of December 22d having been filed more than sixty days after October 7th was void. The court so found, and judgment without attorney's fees was rendered in favor of plaintiff and against defendant Shufeldt, but denying relief as against defendants School District and Staats. Plaintiff has appealed, contending that it had no notice of the completion of the building on October 4th, or of the separate contracts; and the evidence discloses no such notice, actual or constructive. On the contrary, the evidence is clear that the materials were furnished under successive orders from the contractor, and carried to the school site several miles into the country. No unreasonable interval elapsed between orders, and the nature of the materials furnished after October 4th could only have been considered by plaintiff as proper items in the running account. *363
A similar situation was discussed at length by this court inValley Lumber Co. v. Driessel,
The judgment as to defendants Shufeldt and Staats is affirmed, but reversed as to defendant School District, and remanded with instructions to the trial court to enter judgment in favor of appellant against the defendant School District in conformity with the prayer of the complaint, together with a proper attorney's fee. Costs awarded appellant to be taxed against respondent district.
Wm. E. Lee, C.J., and Budge, Givens and Taylor, JJ., concur.