I own an HVAC contracting company. One of my vendors did not get paid by a contractor on a Naval Reserve construction job. She went to the county seat and filed a "Mechanic's and Materialmans Claim for Lien" on the building. She got a call from the contracting officer, a US Government employee
Fed: Ms. XYZ, you can't file a claim for lien on a federal property.
Vendor: Well I did.
Fed: Well you can't because the state court does not have juridstiction over the US Government.
Vendor: I'm no constitutional lawyer but the county - they let me file the claim.
Fed: Well it is invalid.
Vendor: Then why are you calling me?
and so on and so on.
She got a check from them in a couple of weeks.
Best,
Mike
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