Hitchman v. Burkey

Plaintiffs appeal a judgment for defendant. They brought separate actions against Maxine Hooper during her lifetime to foreclose liens for agricultural services. ORS 87.226(1).1 After the court consolidated the cases, Hooper died, and the court substituted the personal representative of her estate as defendant. Defendant moved for summary judgment, arguing that the liens were invalid as a matter of law on the grounds that the lien notices included items for nonlienable services that could not be segregated without extrinsic testimony and that the notices asserted liens on nonlienable…