Ridgeview Construction Co. v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE TULLY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellants in this case, Ridgeview Construction Co., David E. McDaniel Company, Inc., Jones & Brown Company, Inc., and J.S. Reimer Inc., seek to have their mechanics’ liens on a certain building project declared prioritized over the liens of appellees Heller Financial (Heller), the mortgagee of the property, and American National Bank & Trust (the Trustee), as trustee of the property under trust No. 104943 — 01.

In December 1980, the trustee purchased the parcel of land at issue under the proviso that a warehouse would be built on…