A.P.I., Inc. v. United States

GIERKE, Justice.

A.P.I., Inc. [A.P.I.], appeals 1 from a district court judgment dismissing its action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien on property owned by the United States. We affirm the judgment only insofar as it dismisses the United States from the action.

On May 14, 1986, A.P.I. entered into a $190,000 subcontract with the James P. Edwards Company, Inc. [Edwards], a general contractor, to furnish and install insulation at the Great Plains Coal Gasification Plant near Beulah. Swanson and Young-dale, Inc. [Swanson and Youngdale], also entered into a $34,000 subcontract with Edwards to…