Florida Fruit Co. v. Shakelford

Appeal brings for review final decree establishing and foreclosing laborers’ liens on certain property of the defendant.

Both appellant and appellees propound the following question for our determination :

“Under the 1935 Mechanics Lien Law, where plaintiff entered into a verbal agreement with ‘A’ to clear and grub lands of plaintiff and ‘A’ employs laborers to perform such work, plaintiff having actual knowledge of their doing the work, and upon completion of the work plaintiff pays ‘A’ moneys agreed to be paid for such work, with ‘A’ not paying laborers moneys due them under their employment,…