Trustees of C. I. Mortgage Group v. Stagg of Huntington, Inc.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

D. C. Goodman & Sons, Inc., appellee, is a subcontractor which in January of 1973, contracted with the Stagg Contracting Corporation to do certain work on a food supermarket building in Smithfield Township, Huntingdon County. On December 17, 1973, appellee filed a mechanic’s lien covering this work. The questions presented in this appeal are (1) is the lien valid, and (2) if the lien is valid, does it have priority over appellant’s mortgage lien. The facts of the case are as follows.

Stagg of Huntington, Inc. (hereinafter Stagg) was the owner of a parcel of land in…