Carlson-Grefe Construction, Inc. v. Rosemount Condominium Group Partnership

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Appellant challenges summary judgment granted to the respondent mortgagees in a priority dispute involving mechanics’ liens and mortgage interests. The trial court held, and we agree, that neither the presence of a construction trailer containing plumbing fixtures nor a ceremonial groundbreaking constitutes the actual and visible beginning of an improvement on the ground under Minn.Stat. § 514.05, subd. 1 (1990). We affirm.

FACTS

Because this is an appeal from summary judgment, we state the facts in the light most favorable to the appellant, Carlson-Grefe Construction,…