Oliphant v. State Board of Education

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The work on the building in question having been commenced on November 1, 1923, the right to file a lien was fixed as of that date. While the actual date of the filing of the lien was postponed by the terms of the statute, yet the right to file the lien became vested when the work began. In 2 Jones on Liens, § 1558,. it is said:

“The right to the lien before the filing of the notice or claim of lien, even from the time the material is furnished or the labor performed, is a part of the obligation of the contract and is a right which the law and…