Finger Furniture Co. v. Chase Manhattan Bank

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This appeal is a multi-party case concerning the rights of appellee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, under its construction loan on the Tradewinds Apartments, as opposed to the claim of appellant Finger Furniture Company, Inc., under a chattel mortgage, and the lien claims of appellants Olmos Building Materials Company, Hicks Company, Inc., and Door Unit Mfg. Corp., who were contractors and materialmen on the project. After a non-jury trial, the rights of Chase were held superior to all other claimants. Although the facts and the law differ somewhat as to each of the…