C.R. Meyer & Sons Co. v. Custom Mechanical CSRA, LLC

This appeal involves section 29-7-10 of the South Carolina Code (2007), and whether the section created a first lien on money paid to a contractor when (1) the laborers claiming the lien did not work for the contractor, but for its subcontractor, and (2) the funds to which the lien would attach were held in escrow by court order instead of paid directly to the contractor. A special referee granted summary judgment based on a finding that the section did not create a lien under these circumstances. We reverse and remand for trial.

*579I. Facts and Procedural History

C.R. Meyer and Sons Company…