Case Name: Hill, Boyd & Co. v. Childs et al.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1886-06-10
Citations: 69 Iowa 763
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hill, Boyd & Co. v. Childs et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 763–764

Head Matter:
Hill, Boyd & Co. v. Childs et al.
1. Mechanic’s Lien: excessive allowance: evidence. The evidence in this case considered and held to sustain the finding of the court below as to the amount due the plaintiffs.
Appeal from Pollc Circuit Court.
Thursday, June 10, 1886.
Action upon an account for lumber, and for the foreclosure of a mechanic’s lien. There was a judgment and decree for the plaintiff'. Defendants appeal.
James Embree and A. M. Childs, for appellants.
T. E. Stevenson, for appellees.

Opinion:
Bothrock, J.
The defendants complain of the judgment in the court below, for the reason that the amount thereof is greatly in excess of what it should be under the evidence. We have carefully examined the evidence and arguments of counsel, and our conclusion is that the judgment is correct. It appears to us that the amounts charged and allowed by the court for the several items of the account are shown by a fair preponderance of the evidence to be in accord with the agreement of the parties when the contract for the lumber was made.
Affirmed.