Trinity Yachts, LLC v. Mike & Jerry's Auto Parts, Inc.

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case involves a classic contract triangle among the owner of two yachts, an independent contractor hired to paint the yachts, and an unpaid paint supplier. The owner challenged a lien the unpaid paint supplier established and enforced on two multimillion-dollar yachts under construction at the owner’s Gulfport shipyard. See Miss.Code Ann § 85-7-31 (Rev. 2011). We affirm the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the owner on a finding that privity did not exist between the owner and the unpaid paint supplier. See Valverde v. Spottswood,…