Kansas Lumber Co. v. Cheng-Yuan Wang

Parks, J.:

Plaintiff, Kansas Lumber Company of Manhattan, Kansas, Inc., a subcontractor, brought this action to recover money owed by its contractor, Clarence Crowl, and to foreclose its mechanics’ liens on property owned by the defendants Wangs, Hwangs, and Chang (defendants). The trial court held that the liens were invalid because they lacked proper verification and granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the petition. Plaintiff appeals.

On March 1, 1985, plaintiff filed its petition alleging it had provided materials to defendant Crowl for construction of improvements on real estate owned by…