Arundel Asphalt Products, Inc. v. Morrison-Johnson, Inc.

In 1965, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. LaRoque bought some 133 acres of land in St. Mary’s County and began construction of St. Mary’s Drag-O-Way, a drag strip for stock car racing. As it turned out, the early history of the drag strip was enlivened by an unscheduled race of creditors which commenced before the strip was opened. The parties to this case both worked on the construction job: Arundel Asphalt Products, Inc. (Arundel) laid the footings and foundations for two of the buildings and did the paving; Morrison-Johnson, Inc., did the grading.

By the time the track opened in June of 1966, it was…