Tidewater Contractors, Inc. v. Wheeler

These two consolidated actions involve the foreclosure of three construction liens. ORS ch 87. Tidewater Contractors, Inc. (Tidewater) and David B. Allen, dba Allen Masonry (Allen), each filed separate actions to foreclose their respective liens against John E. Wheeler and Joan L. Wheeler (defendants), the real property owners. In the Tidewater action, Carl E. Hatfield (Hatfield), a named defendant, filed what was denominated a “cross complaint” against defendants to foreclose his lien.1

The three claims for foreclosure were consolidated for trial. The trial court decreed foreclosure of all…