Beco Equipment Co. v. Box

RULAND, Judge.

We affirm the summary judgment of the district court determining that plaintiffs, Michael Leasing, Inc., and Beco Equipment *851Co., Inc., are not entitled to claim mechanic’s liens against the property of defendant O. Wesley Box.

Lessors of equipment such as Michael Leasing and Beco that provide equipment to a sub-contractor for a construction project must establish entitlement to a lien pursuant to § 38-22-101(1), C.R.S.1973. And, in order to establish that entitlement, the statute has been construed to require that the claimant know, at the time the lienable work is first…