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          house).2  Mr. Finnegan was not compensated for his work on, nor             
          hired by a third party to build, the Acapulco house.  Mr.                   
          Finnegan had a construction trailer, which he used as an office,            
          parked at the Acapulco house.  Mr. Finnegan maintained a                    
          telephone line, water, electric, and other utilities at the                 
          Acapulco house.                                                             
               Mr. Finnegan performed substantial amounts of work to                  
          construct the Acapulco house including, but not limited to:                 
          Laying and staking the building; making the exterior door frames,           
          window frames, and arched brick work; manufacturing the round               
          top, stained glass, and leaded glass windows; manufacturing and             
          finishing the cathedral, coffered, inverted pyramidal, and beamed           
          ceilings; and designing and installing a complete irrigation and            
          drainage system.                                                            
               Petitioners tried, but were unable, to sell the Acapulco               
          house.  Mr. Finnegan was not a licensed real estate broker, and             
          petitioners never listed the Acapulco house with a real estate              
          broker or sales agent.  Instead, petitioners put a "for sale"               
          sign in front of the house and ran a classified advertisement,              
          starting in April 1991, in the Orange County Register.  As of the           
          time of trial, the Acapulco house had not been sold.                        



               2  During the last 20 years, Mr. Finnegan constructed only             
          one other house for sale, which was sold in 1978 or 1979, where             
          he was not acting as a construction consultant.                             




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