Nelson Weaver Mortgage Co. v. Dover Elevator Co.

Appellee, Dover Elevator Company, filed its bill of complaint in the circuit court of Montgomery County, in equity, to enforce an alleged mechanic’s lien against certain property and the improvements thereon, which was owned by respondent Frontier, Inc., and upon which the respondents-appellants, Nelson Weaver Mortgage Company, Inc., and Cobbs, Allen and Hall Mortgage Company, Inc., held mortgages.

The facts, although in dispute on some points, show the following:

Frontier, Inc., is a real estate development and promotion corporation which acquired a tract of land on the corner of Court and…