Bedford v. Sussex Electrical Construction Co.

These are consolidated cases which require the Court to construe, for the first time, a 1971 amendment to the Mechanics’ Lien Statute, 25 Del.C. § 2707.

With the amendment, the Statute reads as follows:

“No lien shall be obtained under this chapter upon the lands, structure, or both, of any owner which is used solely as a residence of said owner when the owner has made either full or final payment to the contractor, in good faith, with whom he contracted for the construction, erection, building, improvement, alteration or repair thereof. Prior to or simultaneous with the receipt of any full or…