Crock Construction Co. v. Stanley Miller Construction Co.

This case requires us to construe the provision of former R.C. 1311.26 which specified that a “sworn and itemized statement of the amount and value” of labor performed and material or machinery furnished be filed when seeking a mechanic’s lien in connection with a public works project.1 (Emphasis added.)

*591The principal issue to be addressed is whether the sworn statement filed by appellees was insufficient, as a matter of law, to establish a mechanic’s lien. The trial court found the statement to be insufficient, due to the failure to itemize, and granted appellant’s Civ.R. 56(C) motion for…