McGreary v. Osborne

Citations

• 9 Cal. 119

Syllabus

<p>A tenant who puts up machinery for a mill, in a house leased, and fastens it by bolts, screws, etc., to the house, has the right to remove it; but as between vendor and vendee, such machinery would be considered as a part of the realty.</p> <p>The evident intention of the act, in relation to mechanic's liens, was to give mechanics and artisans a lien for all work done by them, upon any description of property. The first section gives a lien upon the superstructure itself, as distinct from the land $ and the fourth section gives a lien also upon the land, when the same is owned by a person who caused the superstructure to be erected.</p> <p>The object of the act was to give the mechanic a lien upon whatever interest the person who caused the superstructure had, and which could be sold under execution.</p>