Far West Landscaping Inc. v. Pacific Cascade Corp‪.‬

Plaintiff brought a suit to foreclose a lien for land-scaping work. The trial court found there was no valid lien but gave judgment to plaintiff for the reasonable value of the work. Subsequent to the trial and within the time during which defendant could appeal, defendants lawyer called the trial judge inquiring whether the judgment for plaintiff had yet been signed. The trial judge mistakenly told her the judgment order had not been signed, when, in fact, it had been signed and entered. Defendants lawyer requested that the court not sign the judgment order until after a certain date because she was going to be out of town and her clients might want to appeal. She did not want the time for appeal to elapse during her absence. The trial judge assured her he would accommodate her request. This arrangement was confirmed by letter to the judge from defendants counsel, but no copy was furnished to plaintiffs lawyer.