Lewers & Cooke, Ltd. v. Jones

Citations

• 23 Haw. 21
• 1915 Haw. LEXIS 12

Syllabus

<p>Mechanics’ Liens — fraudulent conveyances.</p> <p>A voluntary conveyance, by tbe owner of a lot upon which he has erected a building, to his wife (through an intermediary), made for the purpose of defeating the right of a material man who has furnished materials used in constructing such building, is void, at law and in equity, as against a lien for such materials, proper notice of which was filed within the time required by statute, and it is not necessary to resort to equity to procure the cancellation of such deed in order to enforce the lien for such materials.</p>