Watkins v. St. Charles Memorial Hospital, Inc.

This is a suit to foreclose a lien for materials allegedly used in the construction of defendant hospital. Plaintiff appeals from a decree for defendant.

The only issue in the case is whether there was sufficient proof that the materials for which the lien was filed were used in the construction of defendant hospital in the city of Bend. It is apparent that the trial judge thought that the proof was insufficient.

The established rule is that the statutory conditions to the existence of a lien must be complied with by the lien claimant. Lemire v. McCollum, 246 Or 418, 426, 425 P2d 755 (1967).…