Owen Lumber Co. v. Chartrand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Luckert, J.:

This case is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien of a subcontractor, Owen Lumber Company, against property owned by Arthur and Carol Chartrand. The action was filed prior to the effective date of amendments to K.S.A. 60-1103 passed by the 2000 legislature. (L. 2000, ch. 175, sec. 7.) The district court ruled that the amendments to K.S.A. 60-1103(c) applied retrospectively to this case so that Owen Lumber’s failure to serve a copy of the lien statement on the Chartrands as equitable owners precluded it from foreclosing its mechanic’s…