Hewitt Lea Lumber Co. v. Sandell

Citations

• 66 Wash. 515
• 119 P. 848
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 796

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens — Notice to Owner — Duplicate Statements— Subsequent Mortgages — Priority. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1133, requiring duplicate statements to be furnished to tbe owner at tbe time material is delivered, notice must be given to tbe one wbo was known to bold tbe legal title to tbe lots, of lumber delivered to one in possession under a lease with an option to buy, notwithstanding that subsequently tbe owner gave a deed to tbe lessee and took back a mortgage, and that Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1132, makes a mechanics’ lien superior to mortgages subsequent to tbe commencement of tbe furnishing of tbe materials.</p>