Gnekow v. Confer

Citations

• 5 Cal. Unrep. 654
• 48 P. 331
• 1897 Cal. LEXIS 975

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens—Personal Liability of Owner.—Code of Civil Procedure, section 1183', providing that a building contract shall be void if not filed with plans and specifications, and that in such case the labor done and materials furnished by all persons except the contractor shall be deemed to have been done and furnished “at the personal instance of the owner,” and that the persons furnishing them shall have a lien for their value, does not create a contractual relation between the owner and subcontractor, whereby the owner can be held personally liable for such work and materials, but merely affords an opportunity for a lien by complying with the statute.</p>