Braun-Skiba, Ltd. v. La Salle National Bank

Braun-Skiba (plaintiff), an architectural firm, rendered services relating to property being developed by Wolf Point Development Corporation (Wolf Point). After Wolf Point failed to make its contractually scheduled payments, plaintiff filed lien number 89304682 (lien one) with the Cook County recorder of deeds on July 5, 1989. At the time lien one was filed, La Salle National Bank trust number 100819 held title to the property. Lien one gave March 7, 1987, as the last date plaintiff had performed any work. When plaintiff later discovered that the year 1987 was a typographical error, and that…