Leonard v. Bennett

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Special Judge.

An initial statement of this court-tried case involving a mechanic’s lien may enable the reader to make some sense of the statement of facts as will next be presented. Leonard, the plaintiff-contractor, was approached by a Mr. Riley to build a foundation for a house for he and Mrs. Riley. After completion, an invoice was sent to Riley at a corporate office. The property at all times belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and is titled in the names of David Bennett and Susan Laney, Ms. Bennett’s maiden name. During the contractor-Leonard’s attempts to collect for…