General Electric Supply Co. v. Montana Automobile Ass'n

The defendant Montana Automobile Association (MAA) appeals from a judgment entered in District Court following a nonjury trial. The district judge found that the plaintiff was entitled to recover $.2,956.80, plus costs and attorney fees in a lien foreclosure.

Defendant MAA contracted with Jamison Construction (contractor) to erect a building on MAA’s real property in Billings, Montana. During the fall of 1977, the now bankrupt subcontractor Clawson purchased electrical materials on open account from the plaintiff General Electric Supply Company (GE) for the MAA job. Clawson already owed GE a…