Crane Co. v. Sheraton Apartments, Inc.

FOSTER, Justice.

The question in this case is whether or not one who furnishes material to a subcontractor, engaged in performing certain features of a building contract with the original contractor, shall have a lien for the material furnished to the subcontractor on the property itself for its improvement and on the unpaid balance owing to the original contractor by the owner.

We note particularly that the claimant of the lien, who 'is the appellant here, is a materialman and not a laborer, and does not claim a lien on any balance due by the original contractor to the subcontractor, and did…