• Current through October 23, 2012

No subcontractor, materialman, or workman employed under the original contractor shall be entitled to a personal judgment or decree against the owner of the premises for the amount due to him from said original contractor, except upon a special promise of such owner, in writing, for a sufficient consideration, to be answerable for the same.

(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1387, ch. 854, § 1257.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 38-121.

1973 Ed., § 38-121.