Stroup Lumber Co. v. Larmor

Citations

• 110 Kan. 670
• 205 P. 621
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 121

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COUItT.</p> <p>1. Mechanic’s Lien — License to Use Land Creates No Estate Therein to Which a Lien Can Attach. One having a mere license with respect to realty has no estate or interest therein, and under our statute a mechanic’s lien cannot attach to a building which he erects upon it.</p> <p>2. Same — Contract Involved Not a Lease of Land. The contract involved in the present case is held not to be a lease, but an agreement by the owner of land that another person might erect a sorghum mill thereon and maintain it long enough to enable him to extract the syrup from his cane then on hand, the right thereby acquired being merely a license, incapable of supporting a mechanic’s lien.</p>