Court Opinion

ID: 9711030
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 04:23:05.724865+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:01.754772
License: Public Domain

ZASTROW, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
I concur in the majority opinion’s finding that the lien statement of Versa-Tech, Inc. was sufficiently itemized to comply with SDCL 44-9-16(7), and that the lien statement of the laborers was a misstatement of their work and failed to comply with SDCL 44-9-16(7).
However, I cannot agree that the laborers are entitled to recover under SDCL 44-9-49 on a theory of unjust enrichment. SDCL 44-9^49 allows the laborers to recover “from the party with whom he has contracted,” that is, Wilmsmeyer, not Tarvers.