Keith Brown Lumber Yard v. B & L Electric, Inc.

Plaintiff, a lumber supplier, appeals from a judgment rejecting its attempt to foreclose four construction liens it held on property owned and developed by defendant Tran Co. The trial court found that Tran Co. had paid plaintiff, albeit indirectly, for the material on which plaintiffs claim is based. Plaintiff appeals, and we affirm.

Because defendant Tran Co. prevailed on an affirmative defense that was legal in nature — payment of the debt underlying the foreclosure — we review for errors of law and, with respect to facts, for whether there is any evidence to support them. Illingworth v.…