Murray v. Earle

Citations

• 13 S.C. 87
• 1880 S.C. LEXIS 24

Syllabus

<p>1. Where a contractor undertakes to build a house and to furnish all labor? materials, &c., at his own cost, a mechanic employed by him without the owner’s consent, has, for his labor, no lien on the building erectedSemble.</p> <p>2. Where a mechanic, before commencing work upon a building in course of construction, agreed with the owner that he would look only to the contractor for his pay, he thereby waived any right which the law might otherwise have given him, to a lien upon such building.</p>