GOODWIN, Justice.
Defendant home-owner appeals from a decree foreclosing a mechanic's lien.
The work for which the lien was claimed consisted of excavation preparatory to the construction of a dwelling house. The contract provided for excavation of a basement 52 feet by 28 feet, to a planned depth of eight feet or "to solid rock, whichever is first encountered." Surface rock was found on the building site. Accordingly, when the parties agreed to a contract...
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