Community Lumber Co. v. Chute

Five actions to foreclose mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens on certain real property in Los Angeles, consolidated for trial and judgment.

The parity, verity and amount of the claims are not in dispute; neither is the efficacy of the liens securing them. The sole question is one of priority as between the lien claimants and the holders of three sets of promissory notes secured by three deeds of trust upon the property, with the collateral question as to the true amount due, if it be found that the first deed of trust is entitled to priority.

The court below gave the lien claimants a third…