Appellate Court of Illinois, 1917

Advance Terra Cotta Co. v. Moran

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided June 11, 1917 · Holdom

207 Ill. App. 17

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Holdom

delivered the opinion of the court.

3. Mechanics’ liens, § 135* — what is essential to waiver hy contract of right to mechanic’s lien. To waive by contract the right to a mechanic’s lien, there must be an express covenant or a covenant resulting by implication from the language used so plain that a mechanic can so understand without seeking professional interpretation as to its legal effect.

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