WATERS EDGE BUILDERS, LLC v. Longa

BRYANT, Judge.

Where a claim of lien cannot be premised upon a contract implied in law wherein the theory of recovery is quantum meruit, the trial court erred in granting plaintiff’s claim of lien on defendant’s property and awarding plaintiff attorney’s fees on the basis of plaintiff’s status as the prevailing party. Where the evidence is not conclusive that the final arrangement between the parties required plaintiff to perform some act indicating a promise to complete defendant’s staircase for a cost of $9,000.00, the trial court was not compelled to find that the contractual relationship…