In Re Williamson

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GLEN E. CLARK, Bankruptcy Judge.

CASE SUMMARY

In this case, the court is called upon to determine the priority of certain liens and encumbrances against proceeds of the sale of property of the estate. The issue of priority turns upon four questions: (1) whether or not certain statutory mechanics’ liens are valid and enforceable under Utah law and (2), if so, what distributive priority they may have in this case; (3) whether a recorded document constitutes an independent second trust deed with a separate and inferior priority standing of its own or whether it is, instead, a…