Case Name: CUYAHOGA LUMBER CO. v. HABER
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-02-20
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 297
Docket Number: No. 4744, 4755
Parties: CUYAHOGA LUMBER CO. v. HABER
Judges: Chittenden, Kinkade and Richards, JJ., sitting
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 297–297

Head Matter:
No. 349
CUYAHOGA LUMBER CO. v. HABER
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 4744, 4755.
Decided Feb. 20, 1924
Chittenden, Kinkade and Richards, JJ., sitting
•755. MECHANICS’ LIEN — Compliance with 8312 GC. held prerequisite to perfecting lien — Substantial compliance with mechanics’ lien law perfects lien — One furnishing fixtures under contract and also attaching same is a contractor rather than material man.
Attorneys — Bulkley, Hauxhurst, Jamison & Sharp, for Lumber Co.; Morgenstern & Mor-genstern, Tills & Van Derveer, M. Webensky, D. B. Glick, W. W. Rosenzweig, J. Moldaver, and Ammerman & Thompson, for-Haber, all of Cleveland.

Opinion:
CHITTENDEN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
This action was instituted in Cuyahoga Common Pleas for a determination of the validity and priority of mortgages, mechanics' liens, and a judgment lien upon certain premises in Cuyahoga County. A Fixture Co., under a contract, furnished and hung the electric fixtures. The Court of Appeals held:
1. "Compliance with 8312 GC. is essential to the perfecting of a mechanics' lien by a contractor."
2. "Substantial compliance with the requirements of the mechanics' lien law will perfect a good and valid mechanics' lien."
3. "A company which in accordance with the contract furnishes fixtures and also hangs them in place, is a contractor."