A & W ELEC. CONTRACTORS, INC. v. PETRY

No. 96-541.

576 N.W.2d 112 (1998)

A & W ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC., Appellee, v. Glen E. PETRY, Appellant, Carpet Country, Inc., and Firstar Bank Council Bluffs and G & S Sales & Service, Inc., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Wheeler, Des Moines, for appellant.

Mark C. Feldmann and Doyle D. Sanders of Beving, Swanson & Forrest, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

A tenant has limited authority to render property subject to a mechanic's lien. The land should ordinarily be at risk only for the private obligations of an owner, so a tenant's authority to bind the land arises only when the improvement is in some way demanded by the lease. That is the situation here. The trial court in this case found a valid mechanic's lien was filed for materials ordered by a tenant who was required by the lease to obtain them...

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