J. D. McCollom Lumber Co. v. Whitfield

BLAIR, Justice.

This appeal presents the sole question of whether, under the facts proved, the material-man’s lien of appellant, McCollom Lumber Company, for lumber and material furnished to erect a dwelling bouse on homestead land, is superior to the prior existing vendor’s lien of appellees Whitfield, securing the notes given in part payment of the land. The liens arose as follows:

Appellees T. E. Whitfield and wife sold W. H. Flippin and wife 357½ acres of land, retaining a vendor’s lien to secure the notes given in part payment of the land. The Flip-pins immediately occupied the portion of…