§ 85. Time Within Which Proceedings to Enforce to Be Insti- tuted, Perfected or Extended to Add New Parties......118 § 86. Nature of Proceedings and Requirements of Bill, in General. 120 § 90. Practice in Proceedings to Enforce, in General.. §91. Practice in Proceedings to Enforce (Cont'd) Amendments. 129 § 92. Practice in Proceedings to Enforce (Cont'd) Evidence.....131 CHAPTER XVI. § 136. Bond to Protect Subcontractors, Materialmen and Laborers on Public Buildings and Works........... § 137. Subcontractors-Written Notice-When Protected by Secur- Proof of Service of Statement of Lien, under Section 6..206 Bond by Owner to Discharge Lien...... Certificate of Clerk that Bond to Discharge Lien Filed....208 Statement of Lien, under Section 5. (By Principal.).....204 No. 9. Certificate of Clerk Showing Non-Commencement of Pro- No. 13. Statutory Bond on Public Improvement on Works........214 No. 14. Declaration in Assumpsit on Statutory Bond on Public No. 17. Assignment of Lien or Claim.... Bill by Contractor to Foreclose Mechanics' Lien on Land No. 19. Bill by Contractor to Foreclose Mechanics' Lien on New No. 29. Order (based on Affidavit and Motion or on Stipulation) Making Surety Company a Party Defendant and Permit- ting Owner to File Crossbill for Relief Against It......253 No. 30. Crossbill by Owner to Obtain Relief Against Surety Com- Order, Based on Petition, Making Intervening Lien Claim- Part I-Commentaries CHAPTER I. LIEN LAWS IN GENERAL.* § 1. Origin, Purpose, Nature and Effect. 2. Historical Review of the Michigan Law. 3. Constitutionality of the Michigan Lien Statute. 4. Principles and Rules Surrounding the Construction of the Michigan Lien Statute. 5. Statutory Construction of Certain Terms. 6. Operation as Being Prospective or Retrospective. § 1. Origin, Purpose, Nature and Effect. 1 Mechanics' lien laws are remedial in nature, in derogation of the common law, and find their origin solely in statutes. The liens given do not grow out of, though they depend upon, contract; they do not abrogate any of the common law remedies, and no vested right in the remedies of a *In the general as to the subjects comprehended in Chapt. I, see Title "Mechanics' Liens," 34 Cent. Dig. §§ 1-11, and 13 Dec. Dig. §§ 1-11. 1. Hanes & Co. v. Wadey, 73 Mich. 178, 41 N. W. 222; Wildey v. Gillett, 171 Mich. 153 (158), 136 N. W. 1116; Zilz v. Wilcox, 190 Mich. 486, 23 D. L. N. 24 (27), 157 N. W. 77; Burman v. Ewald, 192 Mich. 293, 23 D. L. N. 449, 158 N. W. 853; Smalley v. Terra Cotta Co., 113 Mich. 141 (145, 148), 71 N. W. 466; Hall v. Erkfitz, 125 Mich. 332 (335), 84 N. W. 310; Sterner v. Haas, 108 Mich. 488 (489), 66 N. W. 348; Wagar v. Briscoe, 38 Mich. 592; Willard v. Magoon, 30 Mich. 273 (275-276); Bauer v. Long, 147 Mich. 351 (353), 110 N. W. 1059; Peninsular Electric Co. v. Norris, 100 Mich. 496 (502), 59 N. W. 151; Van Stone v. Stillwell & Bierce Mfg. Co., 142 U. S. 128 (136), 12 S. Ct. 181, 35 L. Ed. 961; Wilkinson on Mechanics' Liens, pp. 1-2; 27 Cyc. 17. Mechanics' lien laws designed to attain the same ends as, but each with provisions varying in greater or less degree from, the Michigan statute exist in practically all of the states. These are epitomized and annotated in Jones on Liens, 3rd Ed. §§1186 to 1233, both inclusive. Houck on Law of Liens, §§13, 44. |