TRI-CITY BUILDING CENTER, INC. v. Wagner

This is a suit to foreclose a materialman’s lien. Plaintiff appeals from a decree which held the lien to be invalid.

Defendant Reese purchased on contract from the defendants Wagner property in an industrial park as a site upon which to construct a building for his auto parts business. The other defendants are not material to this appeal. Reese undertook to be his own general contractor in the construction of the improvement. As a result, there was no contract let for all of the work involved. The improvement authorized by the building permit granted to Reese required the construction of the…