Brown v. Walker

Citations

• 100 Kan. 542
• 164 P. 1092
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 370

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Mechanic’s Lien- — Agency—Lessee Authorized to Contract for Inpprovements. The terms of the lease of a building considered, and held, the lessee was the agent of the owners for the alteration and repair of/the building, within the meaning of the mechanic’s lien statute, General Statutes of 1915, section 7557.</p> <p>2. Mechanics’ Liens — Sufficient Lien Statements. Mechanic’s lien statements, otherwise sufficient,/which named the owners, named the lessee as contractor, and named the persons who furnished labor and material for the alteration and repair of the building as claimants, considered, and held to be sufficient to furnish the basis for mechanics’ liens.</p> <p>3. Mechanic’s Lien — Sufficient Lien Statement. A mechanic’s lien statement which named the owners and claimants and recited that the owners employed the lessee to make improvements on the property, and that the lessee, being in possession and control of the property, employed the claimant to' furnish labor and material for the purpose, considered, and held to be sufficient to furnish the basis for a mechanic’s lien.</p> <p>4. Mechanic’s Lien — Sufficient Lien Statement., A mechanic’s lien statement naming the owners, naming the lessee as contractor, and . naming the claimant, considered, and held to be sufficient, although the statement used expressions indicating that the claimant was a subcontractor.</p> <p>5. Mechanics’ Liens^ — Amendment of Lien Statements. At the close of the evidence in an action to enforce the liens, amendments were properly' allowed correcting informalities in the lien statements and eon- ' forming the pleadings to the amended statements, no changes being made in the names of the owners, the name of the contractor, or the names of the lien claimants.</p>