Dean v. McFarland

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “the exact phraseology of the [Washington] mechanics’ lien statute is of utmost importance” and further holding that if such language is to be “extended to other classes of lienors, it must be done by the legislature, not by judicial fiat”
• interpreting similar terminology and holding that demolition work was not lienable
• \[S]pecific terms modify or restrict the application of general terms where both are used in sequence.\
• “[S]pecific terms modify or restrict the application of general terms where both are used in sequence.”
• lien is creature of statute and must be strictly construed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).