Cowherd & Sanderlin, Inc. v. Modern Improvement Co.

WIGGINTON, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, who was plaintiff in a suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, has appealed from an order dismissing the cause as to appellee-owners Norton and wife, and discharging the claim of lien sought to be foreclosed against the Nortons’ land.

Our decision rests upon an interpretation of the section of the Mechanics Lien Law which provides that “No lien provided by this chapter shall continue for a longer period than one year after the claim of lien has been filed unless within that time an action to enforce the lien is commenced in a court of competent…