California Corrugated Culvert Co. v. Stewart

THE COURT.

This is an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The defendant Stewart was the owner of a 729-acre ranch on which he raised rice. He engaged the plaintiff company to construct an elevator to store the crop, also to make an addition to his barn. Subsequently Stewart borrowed $18,000 from the defendant bank, giving as security a deed of trust on the ranch. Upon Stewart’s default, the plaintiff company and the defendant bank both litigated their claims. The trial court found that the plaintiff’s claim was prior to that of the bank and decreed that its lien should attach to the entire…