54 - Judgment in case of failure to establish lien.

§  54.  Judgment  in  case of failure to establish lien. If the lienor  shall fail, for any reason, to establish a valid lien in an action under  the provisions of this article, he may recover judgment therein for such  sums as are due him, or which  he  might  recover  in  an  action  on  a  contract, against any party to the action.