Rocky Mountain Steel Foundations, Inc. v. Brockett Company, LLC

Crothers, Justice.

[¶ 1] Rocky Mountain Steel Foundations, Inc., appeals from a judgment invalidating its oil and gas construction liens and awarding attorney fees to Mitchell's Oil Field Services, Inc., also known as Wood Group, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America (collectively "Mitchell's"). We reverse the judgment and remand, concluding the district court erred as a matter of law by finding N.D.C.C. § 35-24-04 invalidated Rocky Mountain's liens and in awarding Mitchell's statutory attorney fees.

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[¶ 2] The parties stipulated to the following facts:

1. On May 22, 2014…