BUCKMINSTER v. ACADIA VILLAGE RESORT


565 A.2d 313 (1989)

Ralph S. BUCKMINSTER v. ACADIA VILLAGE RESORT, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger G. Innes, (orally), Hale & Hamlin, Ellsworth, for plaintiff.

Michael L. Ross (orally), Walker & Ross, Ellsworth, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, HORNBY and COLLINS, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff architect Ralph Buckminster appeals from that portion of an order of the Superior Court (Hancock County; Browne, A.R.J.) requiring him to discharge two mechanic's liens filed in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds against defendant, Acadia Village Resort, Inc. Plaintiff contends that his statutory right to a mechanic's lien was not waived by the general arbitration clause in his contract with the defendant. We agree and vacate the...

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