The claims secured by lien for work, labor, materials, equipment, services, machinery, overhead and profit, shall not exceed the contract price and extras in the contract between the owner and the prime contractor.
Code 1858, § 1988 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 118, § 2); Shan., § 3544; mod. Code 1932, § 7937; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-1120; Acts 2007, ch. 189, § 19.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Mechanics' Liens, §§ 2, 3, 10, 13, 20.
Law Reviews.
Mechanic's Lien — Quantum Meruit as an Alternative Remedy, 34 Tenn. L. Rev. 518 (1967).
Titles as Affected by Liens (Hugh A. Tapp), 28 Tenn. L. Rev. 352 (1961).