Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered v. Louisburg Grain Co.

Gernon, J.:

The law firm of Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs, Chartered, (Wallace-Saunders) brought suit against Louisburg Grain Company, Inc., (Louisburg) and K-M Land Company, Inc., (K-M) for payment of legal services. Here, Wallace-Saunders appeals the trial court’s decision striking its pleadings and ruling that Wallace-Saunders’ judgment lien did not have priority over other judgment liens held by Southwest National Bank, the City of Arkansas City, and the City of Hesston, the intervenors here.

For an understanding of this appeal, it is important to note, as counsel did at oral…