Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. v. Caraway

OPINION

IRA ROBINSON, Judge.

{1} Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation (Chase) appeals the district court’s ruling that the mechanic’s lien of Claude and Ruby Caraway (the Caraways) has priority over the mortgage held by Chase. Chase argues that the district court erred in granting priority status to the Caraways’ lien because (1) the claim of lien was not timely filed, (2) there is no basis for an equitable tolling of the deadline for filing the claim of lien, and (3) there is no basis for granting the Caraways an equitable lien superior to Chase’s mortgage. For the reasons that follow, we…