Frontier Rock & Sand, Inc. v. Heritage Ventures, Inc.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Frontier Rock and Sand, Inc. recorded a lien against Lot 1, Block 60, Dead Horse Airport for labor and materials furnished to that property at the request of A & P Griswold Expediters, Inc. Griswold held a lease on the property from the State of Alaska when the work was done, but the state had terminated the lease before the lien was recorded. The question in this case is whether Frontier can recover the value of its work from the state, or from the subsequent lessees of the same property from the state.

There is little dispute over facts. The State of Alaska,…