Rheem Manufacturing Co. v. United States

These actions concern the question whether a purchase-money deed of trust held by Rheem Manufacturing Company had priority over a number of mechanics’ liens for material and labor furnished in connection with improvements made by assignees of the purchaser. Rheem appeals from that portion of the judgment of the trial court determining that the liens had priority.

Rheem owned a parcel of real property which it had used for manufacturing purposes and for which it could find no use after 1956 when it moved its operations to a new plant. On December 7, 1956, Rheem entered into a contract with Ben…