McMerit Construction Co. v. Knightsbridge Development Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the parties did not contractually waive a mechanic’s lien, evidenced in part by the fact that “[t]he parties in this case knew how to draft an express lien waiver because they did so with regard to subcontractors.”
• “In the absence of clear evidence to the contrary, it is presumed that one will not preclude himself from exercising a right granted by statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).