BEDFORD v. SUSSEX ELECTRICAL CONST. CO.


382 A.2d 246 (1978)

Boyce H. BEDFORD and Florence S. Bedford, his wife, Defendants below, Appellants, v. SUSSEX ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff below, Appellee. Boyce H. BEDFORD and Florence S. Bedford, his wife, Defendants below, appellants, v. MASTEN LUMBER & SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff below, Appellee. Boyce H. BEDFORD and Florence S. Bedford, his wife, Defendants below, Appellants, v. McGEE PLUMBING & HEATING CO., INC., Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided January 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Henriksen, of Maull & Maull, P. A., Georgetown, for all defendants-appellants.

Harold E. Dukes, Jr., of Dunlap, Holland & Eberly, Georgetown, for plaintiff-appellee Sussex Elec. Const. Co.

John E. Messick and Michael J. Rich, of Tunnell & Raysor, Georgetown, for plaintiff-appellee Masten Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.

H. Clay Davis, III, of Davis & Marshall, Georgetown, for plaintiff-appellee McGee Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

These are consolidated cases which require the Court to construe, for the first time, a 1971 amendment to the Mechanics' Lien Statute, 25 Del.C. § 2707.

With the amendment, the Statute reads as follows:

"No lien shall be obtained under this chapter upon the lands, structure, or both, of any owner which is used solely as a residence of said owner when the owner has made either full...

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