NEWPORT v. HEDGES

No. 8084.

358 S.W.2d 441 (1962)

Lawrence R. NEWPORT and Roy Hessee, d/b/a Newport & Hessee, contractors, a partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. E. HEDGES and Georgia L. Hedges, husband and wife, Defendants-Respondents.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

June 5, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neale, Newman, Bradshaw, Freeman & Neale, F. B. Freeman, O. J. Taylor, Springfield, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John B. Newberry, Springfield, for defendants-respondents.


RUARK, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the question as to whether a landowner's property can be subjected to a lien for improvements constructed by the lien claimant under a contract with the lessee.

The lease was dated October 24, 1959. By it (the owners-defendants) Hedges leased to Lloyd and Mary Cramer an irregular-shaped vacant lot located on South Grant Avenue in Springfield, at a rental of $150 per month...

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