Leoff v. S & J Land Co.

ORDER AND JUDGMENT*

HARRIS L. HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Richard “Chance” Leoff and S and J Land Company (S & J) went into business together to build condominiums in Telluride, Colorado. When the project faltered and the relationship soured, Leoff filed a mechanic’s lien against the property and sued in federal district court for damages and to enforce the lien. S & J responded with a counterclaim seeking damages for wrongful filing of a mechanic’s lien and breach of contract, a declaration that S & J and Leoff had formed a partnership, and a winding up of the partnership and an accounting of the…