Addington-Beaman Lumber Co. v. Lincoln Savings & Loan Ass'n

In this creditors’ rights controversy, we consider the validity of a blanket mechanic’s lien filed against a single building in a townhouse development. The building contained ten individual residential units.

During 1984, appellant Addington-Beaman Lumber Company, Inc., a material supplier, provided on open account to Mid-Atlantic Building Corporation, a general contractor, labor and materials used during construction on properties owned by Baymark Companies, Inc.

The construction generating this dispute involved Glenwood Townhouses, located in Norfolk. When the general contractor became…