Clemens Graf Droste Zu Vischering v. Kading

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• holding that contractors have constructive notice of all information contained in recorded documents and have a duty of inquiry concerning circumstances disclosed in those records
• holding that contractors have constructive notice of all information contained in recorded documents and have a duty of inquiry concerning circumstances disclosed in those records
• holding that contracts between contractors and vendor, entered into after vendor conveyed his interest in the building to vendee, to improve the building to make it ready for use as a restaurant could not provide basis for mechanic’s lien
• holding that contracts between contractors and vendor, entered into after vendor conveyed his interest in the building to vendee, to improve the building to make it ready for use as a restaurant could not provide basis for mechanic's lien
• in case involving commercial property, “owner” under mechanic’s lien statute includes both the buyer and seller under an executory contract
• “[A]n actual agency must exist before [the] principal may be held liable.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).