Bell v. Apache Supply Co.

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The question in this case is whether a tenant is the agent of the owner of real property for the purpose of receiving notice that a materialman’s lien will be asserted. The trial court held in this case that notice was properly given by the lien claimant to the tenant as agent of the owner. We reverse and remand.

The facts are undisputed. The appellants are owners of Little Rock city lots and a building which was leased to J. M. Mulligan’s Grille in 1987. The lease was executed on behalf of Mulligan’s by Michael Chandlar, its president. The lease provided that the…