R. D. Reeder Lathing Co. v. Allen

Defendant appeals from a summary judgment for plaintiff in an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The judgment decreed that defendant was personally liable to plaintiff for the value of the labor and materials it supplied and impressed the improved property with mechanic’s liens.

*376The part of the judgment that defendant is personally liable to plaintiff is clearly erroneous. In the absence of a contract between a lien claimant and the property owner, the right to enforce a mechanic’s lien against real property does not give rise to personal liability of the owner. (Golden Gate Bldg.…