Utah Supreme Court· 6/10/1982

Interiors Contracting Inc. v. Navalco

Citations

648 P.2d 1382
1982 Utah LEXIS 993

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considering that the improvements “clearly benefitted both lessor and lessee” as important in implying agency
stating that a lease can create an agency between a lessor and a lessee under the mechanic’s lien law when the improvement is for the benefit of the lessor and he is having the work done through his lessee
noting “the shortness of the lease” as a factor in implying agency (quotations and citations omitted)
considering the “extent, cost, and character” of the alterations to be important facts in implying an agency relationship (quotations and citations omitted)
considering as important in determining whether Hungry Hawaiian was “an agent of Green Acres under the [Act],” that “certain improvements were made to the premises which clearly and actually conferred a value on Green Acres when Hungry Hawaiian terminated its tenancy.” (emphasis added)
a lessor’s interest is subject to a mechanic’s lien only if there exists “an express or implied contract between the lessor or his agent and the contractor.”

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Judges: Stewart, Hall, Oaks, Howe, Durham

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