30 So. 2d 885 - Bart v. Conforto’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““The applicable statute, counsel agree, in Act No. 323 of 1938, which amends Section 12 of Act No. 298 of 1926. It is true that statute provides that if a lien is to be claimed there must be a recordation in the office of the Recorder of Mortgages within sixty days after ‘the last performance of all services or labor’, etc. But there is nothing whatever in that statute which in any way provides that the personal claim which the contractor may have against the owner as a result of carrying out the provisions of the contract shall be destroyed by his failure to record his lien. On the contrary, the statute particularly contains the following provisions: ‘... that this shall not interfere with the personal liability of the owner for material sold to or services or labor performed for him’ ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 556 So. 2d 144 - Fleming Asphalt Co. v. Red Stick Construction Co.