State ex rel. Nilsen v. Hoff

This is an appeal by a property owner from a decree foreclosing five separate labor liens for unpaid wages. None of the four assignments of error have merit.

*400 The first assignment of error is that proper notice of intent to foreclose was not given. The relevant statute is OES 87.020 (3), which provides: “Every plaintiff * * * in a suit to foreclose a lien * * * shall plead and prove that a notice in writing * * * was mailed or delivered to the owner * * The proof was that timely notices were sent by certified mail to the defendant at his home address, the place where according to his own…