§ 85-7-137. When lien limited to building and estate of tenant.
If such house, building, structure, or fixture be erected, constructed, altered, or repaired at the instance of a tenant, guardian, or other person not the owner of the land, only the house, building, structure, or fixture, and the estate of the tenant or such other person, in the land, shall be subject to such lien, unless the same be done by the written consent of the owner.
Sources: Codes, 1857, ch. 39, art. 3; 1871, § 1605; 1880, § 1380; 1892, § 2700; 1906, § 3060; Hemingway's 1917, § 2420; 1930, § 2260; 1942, § 358.