Ideal Basic Industries, Inc. v. Juniata Farmers Cooperative Ass'n

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Ideal Basic Industries, Inc. (hereafter Ideal), from an order dismissing an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien. The parties were Mel Jarvis Construction Company, Inc. (hereafter Jarvis), Larry Lambrecht, doing business as Wood River Concrete Company (hereafter Lambrecht), and The American Insurance Company (hereafter American).

The essential facts are these. Juniata Farmers Cooperative Association entered into a contract with Farmland Industries, Inc. (hereafter Farmland), for the construction of a grain elevator at Hayland, Nebraska. Farmland, as general…