Totorica v. Thomas

WADE, Justice.

This action involves the priorities be-' tween lien claimants. The major portion' of the construction of an addition to a home owned by defendant, Ray E. Thomas,; had been completed by plaintiff and respondent, Joe Totorica, the contractor, before appellant Reliance National Life Insurance Company had recorded a mortgage securing a loan on the property in question. This appeal is from the determination by the court that plaintiff’s action to foreclose his mechanic’s lien was timely, and that plaintiff’s lien was superior to that of the mortgagee defendant, Reliance National Life…