S. B. Mitford v. Dorothy Prior, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc., Australaska Corporation v. Gustav Johnson and Dorothy Prior, Etc.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought in a court of the State of Alaska by appellee Johnson to foreclose a mechanic's lien on real property making up the Crestview Village Subdivision in the Anchorage Recording District. The suit was removed to the federal district court on petition of the United States, which claimed a tax lien.

Appellant Australaska attacks the portions of the judgment which (1) upheld Johnson’s mechanic’s lien, and (2) granted priority to a trust deed held by First State Equity Company over a similar deed held by Australaska. Appellant Mitford appeals from the…