Magnesite Products Co. v. Bensmiller

— A contest is waged over a certain house and lot in Des Moines by the plaintiff and appellee, Magnesite Products Company, as the holder of a mechanic’s lien, against several defendants, including William C. Schemann, the owner of the real estate, and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, a mortgagee, the appellants herein. John J. Bensmiller and other defendants did not appeal. It is through Bensmiller, however, that appellee claims its right to superiority over the appellants’ titles and equities. Furthermore, the appellant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company obtained its…