Bates v. Chicago Lumber Co. of Omaha

DAVIS, Justice.

[¶1] Appellee Chicago Lumber Company of Omaha, doing business as Century Lumber Center (Century), supplied materials to a contractor, Anderson Carpentry and Construction (Anderson), which built a home for the Appellants Shad and Trisha Bates (the Bates). Although the Bates paid Anderson for the materials used in the home, those funds were applied to various other accounts, which caused the account with Century on the Bates job to become delinquent. Century ultimately filed a material lien against the Bates property and instituted proceedings to enforce it, The district court…