T.W. Morton Builders Inc. v. Von Buedingen

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• concluding “may” was mandatory in a provision dealing with attorney’s fees secured by a mechanic’s lien
• holding the provision in § 29-5-10 which states the prevailing party in a mechanic’s lien action “may” recover attorney fees is to be interpreted as mandatory
• noting that, when interpreting statute, court may use statute's title to show legislative intent
• while also examining legislative intent, concluding that “may” referred to power of claimant, not to discretion of court
• A manifest purpose of Section 29-5-20 is “the protection of one not a party to a contract with the owner, who furnishes labor or material in the improvement of the owner’s property, by giving him a lien for such labor or material.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).