W. C. Cochran Construction Co. v. University Center Residential Associates Ltd. Partnership

By Judge James H. Chamblin

On November 6, 1992, the Court heard argument on the motion of University Center Residential Associates Limited Partnership (“University”) to dismiss this suit and mechanic’s liens of W. C. Cochran Construction Company, Inc. (“Cochran”).

For the reasons hereinafter set forth, the motion is denied.

Cochran recorded its memoranda of mechanic’s liens claimed as a general contractor in May 1991. The same month the liens were bonded off by University, the owner of the property. In October 1991, Cochran filed this suit to enforce the liens. In January 1992 this suit was…