Clo-Car Trucking Co. v. Clifflure Estates of South Carolina, Inc.

Goolsby, Judge:

The appellant Frank Y. Bailes appeals from a circuit court order confirming a special referee’s report that found the respondent Clo-Car Trucking Co., Inc., entitled to foreclose a statutory mechanic’s lien upon land previously owned by the defendant Clifflure Estates of South Carolina, Inc. The principal question we are asked to determine is whether a lien can exist under Section 29-5-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended, where neither the building nor the structure for which the labor was performed is either erected, altered, or repaired.

Between July and October,…