Court Opinion

ID: 7063267
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 07:23:12.322825+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:12:16.137984
License: Public Domain

Eobiitsoh, J.
One Eusbaum sued appellant company, appellee Wadsworth, and other parties, to foreclose a lien for labor and material. Appellee Wadsworth filed a cross-complaint against all the parties to foreclose a lien against appellant for material furnished Eusbaum, and used in the construction of a fence along appellant’s right of way. Eusbaum filed a counterclaim against Wadsworth for damages. There was a judgment in Wadsworth’s favor against the company and Eusbaum, and a decree foreclosing the lien, and a set-off allowed in Eusbaum’s favor against Wadsworth.
The only error assigned which is discussed is overruling the motion for a new trial, which was asked on the ground that the decision of the court is contrary to law; is not sustained by sufficient evidence; and that the assessment of the amount of recovery is too large. It is argued at some length that the evidence fails to show that any of the material was furnished by Wadsworth within sixty days of the time the notice of intention to hold a lien was filed. The evidence is conflicting upon that question. After a careful reading *588of all the evidence we can not say that the trial court had no evidence upon which to base its finding. Erom the facts and circumstances proved, and the inferences that may properly be drawn from them, it can not be said that the finding is not sustained by sufficient evidence, without passing upon the weight of the evidence. Authorities need not .be cited in support of the rule that a new trial will not be granted on appeal upon the weight of conflicting evidence.
It is further argued that the amount of recovery is too large. The material furnished by Wadsworth consisted of a large number of fence posts furnished Nusbaum, who had contracts with the railway company to build the fence. These posts were manufactured by Wadsworth, who, Nusbaum claimed, guaranteed the posts to perform the service required of them without any extra anchorage. To Wads-worth’s cross-complaint, Nusbaum pleaded a set-off for extra work and labor in anchoring the posts. The court found in Wadsworth’s favor against the company and Nusbaum for $354.88, the value of the material furnished and used in the construction of the fence, and" also for attorney’s fees; and found in Nusbaum’s favor on his answer of set-off against Wadsworth for $75. It is argued that the company should have the benefit of the amount allowed Nusbaum.
The company alone appeals and assigns error. If the posts were used in the construction of the fence, — and there is evidence that they were, — the company is liable for their value, which the evidence shows is the amount allowed by the court. No claim is made that the company did not get such a fence as it contracted for. There is evidence that it accepted the fence after it was completed. The question between Wadsworth and the company was the value of the material used. The extra work by Nusbaum in building the fence was, under the pleading, a question solely between him and Wadsworth.
We find no error in the record. Judgment affirmed.