Opinion ID: 1269312
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Heading: Claim of Joint Adventure.

Text: 8, 9. The final objection to the validity of the liens is based upon the claim that Drake was engaged in a joint adventure with Lindquist in the construction of the houses. Authorities are cited to the effect that a person will not be permitted to enforce a lien on his own property to the prejudice of third persons holding similar liens. It is argued that the arrangement concluded by Lindquist and his wife and Drake and other creditors of Lindquist (described earlier in this opinion), pursuant to which the houses were built, resulted in the creation of a joint adventure between Lindquist and the creditors. But joint control and proprietorship, as well as an agreement to share the profits, are generally essential to a joint adventure. Portland Trust & Savings Bank v. Lincoln Realty Co., 180 Or 96, 123, 170 P2d 568. Neither of these elements is found in the transaction under consideration. Lindquist's agreement to apply the profits to the payment of his indebtedness to Drake and other creditors did not constitute an agreement for the sharing of profits. On the contrary, it contemplates that any profits that might be made were to belong to Lindquist, or to Lindquist and his wife, and not to his creditors. We think that this contention is wanting in substance.