Ballard v. Lawyers Title of Arizona

OPINION

WREN, Judge.

Thomas E. Ballard appeals from a judgment enjoining him from enforcing a judgment and writ of execution obtained in his suit to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The trial court concluded that the judgment obtained by Ballard was void and unenforce able because he failed to join as party defendants the record owners of the property at the time the foreclosure suit was commenced. These record owners were found to be necessary parties to the foreclosure proceedings. The court further found that since the record owners were not joined, the judgment could not affect subsequent…