Case Name: FERRO MACHINE AND FOUNDRY CO. v. WILLSON AVE. LUMBER CO.
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1922-12-18
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 140
Docket Number: No. 4090
Parties: FERRO MACHINE AND FOUNDRY CO. v. WILLSON AVE. LUMBER CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 140–140

Head Matter:
No. 106
FERRO MACHINE AND FOUNDRY CO. v. WILLSON AVE. LUMBER CO.
Cuyahoga Court of Appeals,
No. 4090,
Dec. 18, 1922
SUB-CONTRACTOR’S LIEN — (1) Distinction between materials and “equipments” — (2) Distinction immaterial.
Error to M. C. of Cleveland
Attorneys: — Holding, Masten, Duncan & Leckie for Machine Co.; George Palda for Lumber Co.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, J.'
. Epitomized Opinion
A contractor constructed a garage for the machine company and the lumber company furnished the material for the construction. The lumber was furnished at different times and the last lot of lumber was used for building forms for a driveway from the garage to the street. In an attempt by the lumber company to foreclose a mechanics lien under the Sub-contractor's Lien Law (Sec. 831 GC.), the machine company claims the last item of lumber was an "equipment" rather than a "material" and was therefore not the subject of a lien.
(1) A driveway connecting a garage with the street is a necessary adjunct to the garage. Consequently lumber used on the premises and in the construction of such driveway would be a material rather than an equipment.
(2) A lien in favor of a mechanic will extend to all the materials furnished in good. faith notwithstanding a portion of such materials be directed to a different purpose.