Long v. Riggs

Swinehart, J.:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants James M. Riggs and Connie A. Riggs, in an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien.

The issue on appeal is whether the mechanic’s lien filed by the plaintiff Cleo Long satisfied the pertinent statute. The trial court had determined that the lien statement was fatally defective because it was not reasonably itemized as required by K.S.A. 60-1102(a).

Summary judgment in favor of the defendants was entered on February 14, 1979, and a notice of appeal was filed on March 12, 1979. The plaintiff died on February…