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RELIANCE NAT. INDEM. CO. v. ADVANCE'D TEMPS., INC.

No. 05-0558.

227 S.W.3d 46 (2007)

RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, L & T, J.V., and Lamar Construction, Inc., Petitioners, v. ADVANCE'D TEMPORARIES, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Victor Thomas, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, Stephen P. Streety, Spring, for Petitioners.

J. Bennett White, Christopher Thomas Massey, J. Bennett White, P.C., Tyler, Roland L. Leon, Baker, Leon & Francher, L.L.P., Doug McLallen, Corpus Christi, Martin M. Hokanson, Houston, for Respondent.

Charles W. Stuber, Canterbury, Stuber, Elder & Gooch, Surratt, P.C., Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Tx. Building Branch of Associated General Contractors of America.

Justice MEDINA delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case, we decide whether a temporary employment agency, which places workers at a construction project under a contract with a subcontractor, "furnishes labor" within the meaning of Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code, thus qualifying for a mechanic's lien. The trial court denied the temporary agency's lien, concluding that it had not "furnish[ed] labor" within...

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