Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank v. Corey Bros. Const. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern . Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit by the Corey Brothers Construction Company and the Union Portland Cement Company against the Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank and another, as trustees, to enforce liens on the Big Dost River irrigation system in Idaho. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The appeal in this case presents the question of the priority of lien claimants upon the Big Lost River irrigation system in Idaho. The appellants are, trustees under two certain trust deeds securing bonds to the amount of $2,400,000 on the system. The appellees are mechanic’s lien claimants for work done ■and materials supplied in the construction of said system. The court below found that the mechanic’s liens were entitled to priority over the liens of the bondholders.
In June, 1909, the construction company began the construction of a dam under a contract with the Big…
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