Owen Lumber Co. v. Chartrand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

This case involves a mechanic’s hen of plaintiff Owen Lumber Company, a subcontractor, against property owned by defendants Arthur and Carol Chartrand. The case has been previously before this court twice. See Owen Lumber Co. v. Chartrand, 270 Kan. 215, 14 P.3d 395 (2000) (Chartrand I), and Owen Lumber Co. v. Chartrand, 276 Kan. 218, 73 P.3d 753 (2003) (Chartrand II). On this appeal, which was transferred to this court on its own motion pursuant to K.S.A. 20-3018(c), four issues are raised; (1) Did Owen Lumber properly serve notice of its…