Lenexa State Bank & Trust Co. v. Dixon

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

The question in this case is the effect of a mortgage foreclosure action, resulting in a judicial sale, on the rights of four junior mechanics’ lienholders who were not parties to the foreclosure suit. The trial court held that the mechanics’ liens were unaffected by the prior foreclosure, and ordered that they be foreclosed by a second sale. The mortgagee, who had purchased the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale, has appealed.

The mortgagee, Lenexa State Bank and Trust Company, made a series of loans to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Dixon to…