Big Lake Lumber, Inc. v. Security Property Investments, Inc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether the court of appeals erred when it reversed the district court’s lien priority decision by applying a new “integrated analysis” to find that the mortgage of respondent 21st Century Bank (the Bank) was superior to the mechanic’s liens of appellants Big Lake Lumber, Inc. and J. DesMarais Construction, Inc. Following a bench trial, the district court found that Big Lake Lumber and DesMarais Construction contributed to the same improvement project as Wrack Excavating. Accordingly, the district court concluded that the…