Lakloey, Inc. v. Ballek

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Alaska's mechanic's lien statutes allow a lessor of construction equipment to lien real property if its equipment is used under agreement with the property owner or the owner's agent "for the construction, alteration, or repair of a building or improvement" on the property. 1 In this case a landscaper purchased fill dirt from a construction company and rented heavy machinery from an equipment lessor to remove and transport the dirt from the construction company's property. The landscaper did not pay for the equipment rental, and the lessor recorded a…