Hoffman Electric Co. v. Chiyoda International Corp.

Judge Arnold Shulman.

This is an appeal from the grant of a motion for summary judgment for the appellee, Chiyoda International Corporation, in an action for declaratory relief filed by it against the appellants. The appellants, consisting of Hoffman Electric Company and 21 other suppliers of labor or material, filed claims of lien against property owned by the Georgia Ports Authority (established by OCGA § 52-2-4 as “an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation”) and leased by it to Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc. (“Fuji”). Fuji had engaged the appellee, Chiyoda International…