Torkko/Korman/Engineers v. Penland Ventures

How courts have described this case

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• statute amended to permit lien for work done in preparation of plans whether or not plans actually carried out
• “An amendment to an unambiguous statute is generally presumed to indicate a substantive change in the law.” (footnote omitted) (citing City of Anchorage v. Thomas, 624 P.2d 271, 273 (Alaska 1981))
• AS 34.35.050 refers to construction of building or structure, and word \it” used in clause \has a lien on it for the work done or material furnished” refers to visible improvements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).