HODGKISS & DOUMA, INC. v. WOODWARD DEV. CO.

Docket No. 25895.

70 Mich. App. 298 (1976)

245 N.W.2d 725

HODGKISS & DOUMA, INC, v. WOODWARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided July 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark, Stroup, Brown, MacKenzie & Pointner, for plaintiff.

Schmidt, Heaney, Howlett & Van'T Hof (by Richard A. Kay), for defendants Woodward Development Company and Union Lake Associates.

Before: DANHOF, P.J., and D.E. HOLBROOK and D.L. MUNRO, JJ.


Leave to appeal applied for.

D.E. HOLBROOK, J.

This case deals with the interpretation of Michigan's complex and confusing mechanics' lien law, MCLA 570.1; MSA 26.281. The question presented is whether the construction of a parking lot or parking area is a lienable item covered under the statute. The plaintiff, Hodgkiss & Douma, Inc., instituted this suit for foreclosure of a mechanics' lien on a shopping center owned by the defendants. Plaintiff had constructed...

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