Legal Question in Construction Law in Ohio

Mechanics Lien

I hired a landscaper last September to install a lawn and plant material around my new home. (To date he still has about $4000 of work to do and he has been paid all but $1000.) He subsequently hired a gravel company to deliever a truck load of topsoil to my home. The owner of the company had told me that he had not been paid by the landscaper for the dirt, and now it is my responsibiliy. He threatened to place a lien on my house if I didn't pay him. Yesterday I received notification that a certified letter was attempted to be delivered to my house from the gravel company. Assuming that the landscaper left both me and the gravel company hung out to dry since none of our phone calls are being returned: 1) Am I responsible to pay the gravel company? 2) Can he place a lien on my property? 3) Do I have any recourse?


Asked on 12/16/01, 7:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joseph Jacobs Jacobs & Lowder

Re: Mechanics Lien

1) Am I responsible to pay the gravel company? 2) Can he place a lien on my property? 3) Do I have any recourse?

If you made no agreement with this gravel company, then you cannot be legally bound to him, but you will have to convince the gravel company of that, and immediately.

For more information, call me directly.

Joe Jacobs

216-227-0900

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Answered on 12/16/01, 5:26 pm


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