Stevens v. Harris

11 We are asked to answer two questions:

1 1) whether an owner of real property who places trust funds with a general contractor pursuant to the Oklahoma construction trust fund statutes, 42 0.98.2001 §§ 152 2 and 153, 3 is a beneficiary of the statutory construction lien scheme to the extent of any lienable claims arising from the contract between the owner and the general contractor; and 2) whether the Oklahoma construction trust fund statutes, 42 0.8.2001 §§ 152 and 158, create a fiduciary relationship between the owner of real property and a general contractor to the extent that there are…