Kennedy Co-Op, Inc. v. Bell

RICHARD L. HOLMES,

Retired Appellate Judge.

Fred Bell filed and recorded a statement of lien in the amount of $10,800 in the Probate Court of Lee County. Bell recorded this lien for general contract work which, he claimed, he performed on a house built by Kennedy Co-Op, Inc. (Kennedy).

Thereafter, Kennedy filed a petition for transfer of lien to the circuit court. Bell answered this petition and filed a complaint for work and labor performed on the subject house and for enforcement of the lien.

A non-jury trial was held. After the trial the trial court issued a judgment in favor of Bell in the…