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O'Donnell v. KramerO'Donnell v. Kramer

California Supreme Court
Jun 28, 1884
No. 7,805
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Action to enforce laborers’ liens. The complaint did not aver that any money ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍was due the contractor, but the answer presented that issue, and the court found thereon. We therefore think the case is within section 580 of the ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍Code of Civil Procedure. The court found that the amount due the contractor when he abandoned the contract was one hundred and ninety dollars, but gave judgments ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍for plaintiffs for the full amount due them. This was error; the judgment should have been for the one hundred and ninety dollars. (Latson v. Nelson, 11 Pac. C. L. J. ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍589.)

The cause is remanded, with instructions to modify the judgment by reducing the amount for which a sale should be made to one hundred and ninety ‍​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‍dollars, with interest, costs, and attorney’s fee, to be properly apportioned among the plaintiffs;

Case Details

Case Name: O'Donnell v. Kramer
Court Name: California Supreme Court
Date Published: Jun 28, 1884
Citations: 65 Cal. 353; 4 P. 204; 1884 Cal. LEXIS 549; No. 7,805
Docket Number: No. 7,805
Court Abbreviation: Cal.
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