Bryan v. Projects, Inc.

MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that the court erred in granting summary judgment for defendants. He contends that he is entitled to a laborer’s lien for the value of the professional services he performed for Projects, Inc. Although plaintiff recognizes that in Stephens v. Hicks, 156 N.C. 239, 72 S.E. 313 (1911), the Supreme Court held that architects are not entitled to a laborer’s lien, he points out that in 1969, the laborer’s lien statutes were completely rewritten. As rewritten, G.S. 44A-8 provided that “[a]ny person who performs or furnishes labor . . . pursuant to a contract . . .…