Kern v. Guiry Bros. Wall Paper Co.

Counsel for plaintiff in error appear to concede that a lien for material furnished might properly be allowed, but contend that it was error to allow a lien for labor furnished by the company. The act provides that persons performing labor upon a building or furnishing materials therefor, shall have a lien for the value of such labor and materials, and that every person given a lien, whose contract is with the owner, is a principal contractor, and all others sub-contractors. This means, so far as any question is presented, that those furnishing materials, or performing labor for an owner, or…