What is the effect of a lien on the estate of the owner of a building and appurtenance?

Alberta, Canada


The following excerpt is from Ed Miller Sales & Rentals Ltd. v. Alberta, 1982 CanLII 1223 (AB QB):

In Steedman v. Sparks & McKay, 1930 CanLII 5 (SCC), [1930] S.C.R. 351 at 357, [1930] 3 D.L.R. 185, Smith J. stated: The statute gives a lien on the estate of the owner, in the building and appurtenances and the land occupied thereby or enjoyed therewith, and it is a question of fact in each case what land this includes, to be determined from all the circumstances.

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