162 Mass. 593 | Mass. | 1895
Our statute gives an immediate lien to one who has performed labor in the repair of a building by the consent of its owner. Pub. Sts. c. 191, § 1. Even if he is employed by a contractor, the laborer’s lien is not by way of subrogation, and does not depend upon the terms of the contract or the state of the account between his employer and the owner of the land. See Parker v. Bell, 7 Gray, 429. Atwood v. Williams, 40 Maine,