Mulliken v. Leiber

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

We think it manifest that the assignee takes no greater right from the contractor than the contractor himself had, and although *940a purchaser without notice, he can not be protected as against those who as between the contractor and the employer have superior liens. It is the bona fide purchaser from the employer, of the property upon which the improvement has been made or the work done, that is protected and not the assignee of the contractor who himself has a lien subordinate to the liens of those working under him after notice. When the laborer gives notice before…