Truelson v. Southern Lumber & Supply Co.

In Ramsey v. Hawkins, 78 Fla. 189, 83 South. Rep. 823, we held without qualification that, “The purpose of the cautionary notice is to advise the owner that material is being furnished the contractor, and the amount required to pay therefor, that the owner may protect himself by reserving a sufficient amount tó pay for such material. It is a warning to the owner, advising him to take heed, as it were.” (Italics mine.)

Section 3518, Revised General Statutes, 1920, provides: “A person entitled to acquire a lien, not in privity with the owner, as aforesaid, shall acquire a lien upon such owner’s…