Kaspar v. Cockrell-Riggins Lighting Company

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Cockrell-Riggins Lighting Company, sought foreclosure of an alleged preferential statutory materialman’s lien on certain items furnished by plaintiff to a general contractor who used the materials in the construction of an apartment complex owned at the time of trial by defendant, Jo Anna R. Kaspar. The items consisted of lighting fixtures, cabinets, chimes, buttons, mail boxes and lamps. Prior to plaintiff selling the items in question to the contractor, the First National Bank in Dallas filed a deed of trust lien covering the realty to secure the payment of…