McKenney v. Joplin Union Station, Inc.

CROW, Judge.

Craig M. McKenney (“MeKenney”), doing business as MCM Restoration Company, sued Joplin Union Station, Inc., (“Union Station”) and others, seeking a $43,057.50 judgment against Union Station and a mechanic’s lien on property owned by it. The trial court awarded MeKenney a money judgment as prayed, but denied a mechanic’s lien because McKenney was an original contractor and failed to comply with the notice requirement of § 429.012, RSMo 1986.1 That section reads, in pertinent part:

1. Every original contractor, who shall do or perform any work or labor upon, or *246furnish any material…