Mills v. La Verne Land Co.

Citations

• 97 Cal. 254
• 32 P. 169
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 524

Syllabus

<p>Mechanic’s Lien — Assignment — Personal Right.—The mere right of a laborer or material-man to assert and create a lien under the mechanics’ lien law is a personal right, and cannot be assigned.</p> <p>Id. — Assignment of Debt — Right to Create Lien. — The rule that the assignment of a debt carries with it the lien by which it is secured, if applicable at all to a mechanic’s lien, does not apply, where, at the time of the assignment of the debt of a laborer or material-man, the assignor had merely a personal right to create a lien by complying with the statute.</p> <p>Statutes — Power of Court. — A court can neither make nor amend a statute, but must enforce it as enacted.</p>