Southern Blow Pipe & Roofing Co. v. Grubb

These consolidated causes involve contests between materialmen and the holder of three deeds of trust as to which has superior liens on a lot and apartment house constructed by the lien debtors, W. E. Grubb, Jr., and wife, Madeline Grubb. The Chancellor held that the liens of the materialmen were superior, and the holder of the deeds of trust, Athens Federal Savings & Loan Association, a corporation, and Paul J. Walker, trustee therefor, have appealed.

In 1947, it appears that Grubb and his wife undertook the construction of a four-unit apartment house on a lot owned by them in Athens,…