Bill Ader, Inc. v. Maule Industries, Inc.

DOWNEY, JAMES C., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal by the defendant owner from a final decree of foreclosure of a mechanics’ lien filed by a materialman not in privity with the owner.

At the time this cause of action arose the mechanics’ lien law was Chapter 84, F.S.1965, F.S.A., and all statutory references are to sections of that chapter. This case was presented to the trial court for a determination upon stipulated facts and *183issues substantially as hereafter set forth, a procedure which is to be commended.

The owner entered into a contract with R. J. Walters Co., Inc. as general contractor…