April 19, 2004

CONTRACT LANGUAGE UPHELD TO PREVENT CONTRACTOR FROM OBTAINING MECHANIC’S LIEN

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

A joint venture sued for money it believed it was owed under a contract to build a powerplant and asked the court to grant it a lien against the powerplant under New Hampshire's mechanic Lien statute. The trial court originally granted the lien, but after the defendants objected, the trial court reversed, holding that the language of the contract prohibited the venture from attaching the powerplant. The appellate court agreed.

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