85-7-135 - Lien limited to contractor or employee.
§ 85-7-135. Lien limited to contractor or employee.
The lien declared in Section 85-7-131 shall exist only in favor of the person employed, or with whom the contract is made to perform such labor or furnish such materials or render such architectural service, and his assigns, and when the contract or employment is made by the owner, or by his agent, representative, guardian or tenant authorized, either expressly or impliedly, by the owner.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 39, art. 2; 1871, § 1604; 1880, § 1379; 1892, § 2699; 1906, § 3059; Hemingway's 1917, § 2419; 1930, § 2259; 1942, § 357; Laws, 1926, ch. 150.