Hudson v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.

This case concerns a suit for enforcement of a subcontractor’s mechanic’s lien against an owner of real estate which has been improved pursuant to a contract with a general contractor. The owner contends that it is entitled to a reduction in the amount of the lien, because of payments it voluntarily made to the United States after receiving notice that the United States had a tax lien against all monies owed to the general contractor. The trial court held that the owner was not entitled to a reduction. We agree.

On December 12, 1979, plaintiffs, Robert W. Hudson, Richard Betterton, and Charles…