Commercial Law
Apr. 2, 2002
Mechanic's Lien Law Affronts Legislative Drafting Precepts
Forum Column - By James Acret - For two years the California Law Revision Commission has been confronting the simple proposition that a homeowner innocent of any wrongdoing, who has paid the full contract price for a home improvement, should not lose the home for failure to pay a debt incurred by the prime contractor or a subcontractor. A law that forces such an outcome is unfair and should be amended. But every unfair law has its beneficiaries.
Forum Column
By James Acret
For two years the California Law Revision Commission has been confronting the simple proposition that a homeowner innocent of any wrongdoing, who has paid the full contract price for a home improvement, should not lose ...
By James Acret
For two years the California Law Revision Commission has been confronting the simple proposition that a homeowner innocent of any wrongdoing, who has paid the full contract price for a home improvement, should not lose ...
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