57 Fla. 391 | Fla. | 1909
This is an appeal from an order overruling a plea interposed by the bank to a bill to enforce a lien for materials and labor upon a building purchased, by it from Simmons, Langford & Company. The bill, alleges service of the statutory notice upon Simmons,. Langford & Company, the then owners of the building,, of the complainant’s intention to hold a lien on the propTerty and the knowledge of the bank of the lieix before-its purchase.
The plea avers that the firm of Simmons, Langford'SiCompany was composed of W. W. Langford and M. P. Simmons, and that said -Simmons was and is a married! woman, who prior to the filing of the bill had parted! with all her interest in the property.
The court held the plea bad upon the theory that while-under the decision of this court in Smith v. Gauby, 43 Fla. 142, 30 South. Rep. 683, Mrs. Simmon’s farmer in
Section 2195 of the General Statutes provides expressly that the lien shall be upon the interest of the owner, and if that be less than the absolute interest then upon that limited interest. Neither his personal liability nor his specific property interest will be permited to hide behind a woman’s skirts and claim non-liability by reason of'the shield cast around her.
The order is affirmed.